Osage
Americannoun
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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
The most recent of her three Bafta nominations was 12 years ago, for August: Osage County.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026
She has received four Oscar nominations in all: for “Steel Magnolias,” “Pretty Woman,” “Brockovich” and “August: Osage County.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 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
The Osage prevailed upon the government to divide the land solely among members of the tribe, thereby increasing each individual’s allotment from 160 acres to 657 acres.
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
That year, the Osages ceded 4,650 square miles, an area slightly smaller than Connecticut, in exchange for 1,200 cattle and hogs, 1,000 chickens, and goods totaling $140,000.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2014
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
Later, Hale wrote a letter to an assistant chief of the tribe, saying, “I never had better friends in my life than the Osages....I will always be the Osages true Friend.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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