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'''Federal Status:''' Recognized  
'''Federal Status:''' Recognized  


'''Bands:''' Pahatsi or Great Osage, Utsehta or Little Osage, and Santsukhdhi or Arkansas band.  
'''Bands:''' Pahatsi or Great Osage, Utsehta or Little Osage, and Santsukhdhi or Arkansas.  


== History  ==
== History  ==


==== Brief Timeline ====
==== Brief Timeline ====


:  Forced from the east, by the powerful Iroquois Indians; to the Missouri area.
:  Forced from the east, by the powerful Iroquois Indians; to the Missouri area.


1755: Battle of Fort Duquesne, French aided by Indian warriors, defeated the English troops and killed, Major General Edward Braddock.  
'''1673: '''Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet French explorers visited the Tribe along the Osage River.


1795-1802 Auguste Chouteau, a fur trader who controlled the trade with the Osage and built Fort Carondelet in 1795.  
'''1755:''' Battle of Fort Duquesne, French aided by Indian warriors, defeated the English troops and killed, Major General Edward Braddock.  


1808: Treaty  at Fort Clark, Kansas; ceded 200 square miles in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas.   
'''1795-1802: '''Auguste Chouteau, a fur trader who controlled the trade with the Osage and built Fort Carondelet in 1795.
 
'''1808: '''Treaty  at Fort Clark, Kansas; ceded 200 square miles in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas.   


November 1815 asked to sell  
November 1815 asked to sell  


1822: some of the Missouri bands bomved farther west to the Neosho river  
'''1818:''' Land cession-Treaty
 
'''1822:''' some of the Missouri bands bomved farther west to the Neosho river  
 
'''1825:''' Land cession - Treaty
 
'''1839:''' Land cession - Treaty
 
'''1865:''' Land cession-Treaty
 
'''1868-69:''' Served as scouts in the U.S. Army in Sheridan's Campaign


1825:  
'''1870:''' Treaty established the Osage reservation in the northeastern part of Indian Territory (Oklahoma)


1894: Oil discovered on the reservation.  In 1904 there were 155 oil-producing wells and 18 gas wells on the reservation.   
'''1894: '''Oil discovered on the reservation.  In 1904 there were 155 oil-producing wells and 18 gas wells on the reservation.   


June 28, 1906, Osage Allotment Act.  " ..all persons enrolled as Osage before January 1, 1906, and all born between then and July 1, 1907, would share in the division of the land and resources" When the roll was clesed in 1907, it contained 1,119 names: 926 full-bloods and 1,303 mixed bloods including Indians and non-Indian adoptees.   
'''June 28, 1906: '''Osage Allotment Act.  " ..all persons enrolled as Osage before January 1,1906, and all born between then and July 1, 1907, would share in the division of the land and resources" When the roll was closed in 1907, it contained 1,119 names: 926 full-bloods and 1,303 mixed bloods including Indians and non-Indian adoptees.   


1919-1929 Tribe received money when oil was discoverred on their land. 
'''1919-1929: '''Tribe received money when oil was discovered on their land.   


==== Brief History ====
==== Brief History ====


==== Reservations ====
==== Reservations ====


==== Additional References to the History of the Tribe ====
==== Additional References to the History of the Tribe ====


== Tribal Headquarters  ==
== Tribal Headquarters  ==
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'''Agency Records'''  
'''Agency Records'''  


'''Correspondence and Census records'''
'''Correspondence and Census records'''  


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'''Vital Records'''  
'''Vital Records'''  


*Osage births and deaths 1924-1931 (M595) FHL Film: 579734
*Osage Agency, M595, births and deaths 1924-1931  FHL Film: 579734


== Important Web Sites  ==
== Important Web Sites  ==
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