The reign of terror was ended when an honest and smart former Texas Ranger was assigned by J.Edgar, head of the new FBI, to investigate the killings. He took down the mastermind of the scheme to kill and swindle the Osage, the town's most influential citizen, who bought out local lawmen and private investigators who were hired by the Indians.

delta1 wrote:

true, our history of oppression and exploitation of the indigenous people is shameful...

just finished the book :

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, by David Gann

tells the story of the Osage tribe in Oklahoma in the 1920's...oil was discovered and the tribe became some of the wealthiest people on earth, until big oil companies and assorted white thieves moved in to "help them"...more than 20 Osage members who owned headrights to the wells were shot, poisoned or otherwise murdered

delta1 wrote:

I am only assuming here because I don't have first hand knowledge but they are living that way because they WANT to live that way. The Amish seem to do a good job of maintaining a lifestyle rooted in the past yet very capably merging it with our English world. Perhaps native Americans can learn from them.....if they want to.

Krazeehorse wrote: