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IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 14
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Presents a true account of the early twentieth-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. --Publisher
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From the New York Times bestselling author Mercedes Lackey comes contemporary fantasy Sacred Ground.
Jennifer Talldeer is Osage and Cherokee, granddaughter of a powerful Medicine Man. She walks a difficult path: contrary to tribal custom, she is learning a warrior's magics. A freelance private investigator, Jennifer tracks down stolen Native American artifacts.
The construction of a new shopping mall uncovers fragments of human bone, revealing possible...
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Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Maria Tallchief loved to dance, but was told that she might need to change her Osage name to one that sounded more Russian to make it as a professional ballerina. She refused, and worked hard at dancing her best, becoming America's first prima ballerina. Many famous American ballets were created for Maria!" -- Amazon.com.
"A biography of Maria Tallchief, part of the She Persisted chapter book series"--
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"In Oklahoma Odyssey, a random murder impels the victim's son, a naive Mennonite farm boy named Ulysses, his sister Kate, and Johnny, an Osage farmhand, to stake their fortunes on the last great land run into Oklahoma Territory, and while their aims are perfectly non-violent, the murderer, Eddie Mole, has other ideas"--
7) Warrior road
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English
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Boon Terrell asked too many questions about the death of his friend Acey Standing Elk and soon he, too, was a target in a sinister conspiracy to cheat the Osage Indians out of their share of the royalties from the oil found on their reservation.
10) The Osage
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Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c1988
Language
English
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Examines the history, changing fortunes, and current situation of the Osage Indians.
13) Spirit trail
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"Revenge is a blade that cuts both ways. Sean MacLeod loses his family to renegades, but in his quest for retribution he nearly loses his soul. Seeking redemption, he follows the Spirit Trail down the Missouri River, leaving the Blackfoot nation of the north behind for the rugged Ozark Mountains. Sean's plans to rebuild his life take an unexpected turn when a local girl is taken hostage by the Osage. Haunted by the ghosts of his past, his choice is...
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Anthropological volume no. 16
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Kansas State Historical Society
Pub. Date
�1990
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English
17) Black gold
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St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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In the roaring twenties, Oklahoma is spewing black gold and every Osage owns a share of the rights. Soon tribal members are being killed for their royalties while a corrupt sheriff turns his back. Special Agent Frank Gordon organizes an undercover operation to solve the crime.
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Five Star, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"After the Civil War, Colonel Jonathan Wainwright is unable to adjust to his old life in Boston as a doctor, so he joins a wagon train bound for Santa Fe. The train is attacked by Indians and renegades, and his experience in the Union cavalry soon has him fighting in another war. Meanwhile, he is drawn to two very different women: Jane Howard, a lively girl with a traumatic past, and Yellow Leaf, an Osage who joins the train for her own reasons. Yellow...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. As the death toll climbed, the FBI took up the case. But the bureau badly bungled the investigation. In desperation, its young director, J. Edgar Hoover,...
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