The Osage Tribal Museum takes pride in delivering the most current and quality information for our people, and for everyone interested in our history. When a child is able to take its first step, that is the only first "first step" that child will take, and many parents want to preserve that memory forever on film, tape, or proudly preserve it in their mind. Our museum took that "first step" back in 1938, by being the first tribally-owned museum in the United States, and we are very proud of that! We are fortunate to have a nine-minute documentary from that opening of the museum, including the parade, and will have it ready for you to see on our website, shortly.
Our goal is always to inform, teach and, especially, learn from our yesterdays, by documentation and of oral histories by those who were there to tell it, and have the children pass it on to the next generations both today and tomorrow!
The documents that you may click on on this page shows:
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The Osage Tribal Council elected leaders from July, 1906, until June 30, 2006. Also included is a cross-reference sheet, displaying the leaders, their titles (Principal Chief, Asst. Principal Chief, and Councilman), when they served, what numbered Tribal Council they served on and those leaders who were appointed that were not elected, due to resignations or untimely passings of the elected official.
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A history of our Headright Payments Since 1880. The information on these payments is not new, as it has been public record for years. In 2006, it was made available, for the first time, in spreadsheet form. The amounts are not adjusted for inflation; these are the exact amounts shown as they were paid out, per headright. For those unfamiliar with how this works, here's an example. Using the headright payment from September, 2007 ($6,495), if the shareholder holds a quarter headright (0.25), multiply the headright payment of $6,495 times (X) 0.25. Therefore, the shareholder received $1,623.75. We will update the spreadsheet every three months (February, May, August, November), as soon as the new headright share price is verified.
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Finally, we'd like to direct your attention, regarding the story, entitled "The Story of the Spider" and a beautiful poem, entitled "Living in the Holy Land".
The poem was written by famed author and poet Carter Revard (who graciously gave us permission to post it here), and read at the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial in St. Louis, in September, 2006. Both stories are very inspirational and thought-provoking, and we are very pleased to share these with the entire world.
There will be more fascinating documents on this page, so stay with us on this Osage Tribal Museum website.