Ceyvhu Band
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Chief NE-KAH-WAH-SHE-TUN-KAH
Chief
NE-KAH-WAH-SHE-TUN-KAH
Born in Osage CO. 1839
Died Aug. 3, 1923
He was Governor of the Osages four times
and a member of the Council seven times
His sole aim in life was the welfare of his people
Note:
Chief Ne-KAH-Wah-She-TUN-KAH's burial was the last tradition Osage burial ceremony performed in which a human scalp was place in the grave.
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James Bigheart
The Osage Chief grave here 1909 when the Osages came to live in Indian Ter. after the Civil War. Bigheart became chief and led in organizing the Osage nation under a written constitution. He had a trading post at Bigheart, now Barnsdall, and led in saving for the Osages by act of Congress in 1906 all mineral rights that brought them wealth in oil.
cemetery chief grave indian osage
Osage Agency
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Skiatook
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St. Johns School/Osage Indian Boys
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St. Louis School for Osage Indian Girls
ST. LOUIS SCHOOL
FOR OSAGE INDIAN GIRLS
1887 - 1949
One-half Mi SW. Est. 1887 by St. Katharine Drexel and Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, Washington, D.C. Original frame structure located near Main and Palmer burned in 1889, replaced here 1890 by a four-story stone building. Operated by Franciscan Sisters (1887-1915), Loretto Sisters (1915-42), and Blessed Sacrament Sisters (1942-49).
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Wynona
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