Wazhazhe (Osage) people

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The Wazhazhe, commonly known as the Osage people, are a Native American nation originally from the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys who became prominent in the Great Plains region and are now federally recognized with a reservation in Oklahoma.

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Osage people 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of North America
Native American nation
Native American people
alsoKnownAs Osage Nation NERFINISHED
Osage people NERFINISHED
capital Pawhuska, Oklahoma NERFINISHED
culturalPractice clan system
elaborate ceremonial dances
culturalRegion Plains Indians NERFINISHED
Siouan-speaking peoples
currentLocation Oklahoma NERFINISHED
enrollmentBasis tribal citizenship
ethnonymMeaning people of the middle waters
federallyRecognized United States NERFINISHED
flag Flag of the Osage Nation NERFINISHED
governingBody Osage Nation government NERFINISHED
governmentType tribal government
hasReservationIn Oklahoma NERFINISHED
hasWrittenSystem modern Osage orthography
historicalRegion present-day Arkansas
present-day Kansas
present-day Missouri
present-day Oklahoma
language Osage language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Dhegiha Siouan languages NERFINISHED
legalAct Osage Allotment Act of 1906 NERFINISHED
migratedTo Great Plains NERFINISHED
nativeName Wazhazhe NERFINISHED
notableHistoricalEvent Osage murders of the 1920s NERFINISHED
discovery of oil on Osage lands in early 20th century
originalHomeland Mississippi River valley NERFINISHED
Ohio River valley NERFINISHED
populationRegion United States NERFINISHED
recognizedBy Bureau of Indian Affairs NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Kansa (Kaw) people NERFINISHED
Omaha people NERFINISHED
Ponca people NERFINISHED
Quapaw people NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
traditional Osage religion
resourceOwnership collective mineral rights to Osage reservation lands
sovereignStatus domestic dependent nation in United States law
traditionalHousing longhouses
tipis
traditionalSubsistence bison hunting
deer hunting
maize agriculture
traditionalTerritoryFeature Osage River NERFINISHED
treatyHistoryWith United States government NERFINISHED

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Treaty of Fort Clark (1808) ethnicGroupAffected Wazhazhe (Osage) people
this entity surface form: Osage people
Osage Nation reservation ethnicGroup Wazhazhe (Osage) people
this entity surface form: Osage people
Osage Nation reservation hasHistoricPeople Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Dhegihan languages traditionalSpeakers Wazhazhe (Osage) people
this entity surface form: Osage people