Osage
Americannoun
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Osages,
plural
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Osage
plural
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a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
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the Siouan language of the Osage.
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a river flowing E from E Kansas to the Missouri River in central Missouri. 500 miles (800 km) long.
noun
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a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in an area between the Missouri and Arkansas Rivers
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the language of this people, belonging to the Siouan family
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After my role in “August: Osage County” in 2013, I seemed to be taken more seriously.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
Jacobs-Jenkins has written a domestic drama in the epic tradition of “Death of a Salesman,” “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and “August: Osage County.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2025
Partners from the Osage Nation provide essential feedback, evaluating the pros and cons of the equipment used in the field and the accuracy of the information generated.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024
Many were anticipating a historic win for Gladstone for her subtle and affecting work as an Osage wife in “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
Then, on a frigid night that month, William Stepson, a twenty-nine-year-old Osage champion steer roper, received a call that prompted him to leave his house in Fairfax.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
“To us, to Osages, there’s a direct silence about Native America,” Tinker Smith said.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2021
In Little House on the Prairie, Ma overcomes her distaste for Indians and feeds the Osages, who own the land the Ingalls family mistakenly occupies; the chief later saves them from slaughter.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2012
Like the Cherokee, who developed a syllabary for their language in the early 1800s, the Osages use their own alphabet.
From Slate
Legend has it that once a spotter with binoculars kept vigil in its tower, and when he cried, "Here come a bunch of Osages!"
From Time Magazine Archive
An opening statement read, “In early missionary journals Osages were often described as being ‘the happiest people in the world.’...They had a sense of freedom because they didn’t own anything and nothing owned them.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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