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A Reign of Terror Against the Osage Nation (1926)
An oil boom in Oklahoma in the early 20th century brought both prosperity and violence to the Osage people. Legally, the tribe owned oil and minerals found within the Osage Nation Reservation. Profits from mining were paid to the tribe, which then [...]
Item Type: Newspaper/Magazine
Historical Era: Modern America (1914-1929)
Zitkála-Šá Remembers Her Mother's Curse (1921)
Zitkála-Šá was born on the Yankton Reservation in South Dakota in 1876. When she was 8, she left her Dakota community to attend a Quaker missionary-run boarding school in Indiana. She also attended Earlham College, a Quaker school in Indiana, and [...]
Item Type: Biography/Autobiography
Historical Era: Modern America (1914-1929)