A History of the Osage People.

By: Burns, Louis FMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (594 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780817382650Subject(s): Osage Indians -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: A History of the Osage PeopleDDC classification: 978.004/9752 LOC classification: E99Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface to the New Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- PART ONE: THE ASCENT OF THE OSAGE PEOPLE, 1200-1803 -- 1. Osage Origins -- 2. The Osage Empire -- 3. Osage Relationships with Euro-Americans, 1675-1803 -- PART TWO: ERODING THE OSAGE CIVILIZATION, 1803-1850 -- 4. Coming of the Americans -- 5. Treaties and Land Cessions -- 6. The Indian State and Removal -- 7. The Effects of Removal -- 8. Osage Culture and United States' Policy -- 9. The Search for Comprehension -- PART THREE: FACING THE FOUR HORSEMEN, 1850-1865 -- 10. Pestilence Strikes the People -- 11. The White Man's War Visits the Osages -- PART FOUR: THE EURO-AMERICAN AFFLICTION, 1865-1875 -- 12. The Outcasts -- 13. Osage Land Cession of 1865 -- 14. The End of Indian Treaty-Making -- 15. The Drum Creek Treaty -- 16. The Osage Removal -- 17. The Final Move -- PART FIVE: THE ROAD TO ACCOMMODATION, 1875-1906 -- 18. Farewell to the Past -- 19. Bluestem and Cattle -- 20. Constitutional Government and Allotment -- PART SIX: STANDING IN TWO WORLDS, 1906-1989 -- 21. Black Gold -- 22. Indian Influences and the Modern Indian -- 23. Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Traces 400 years of Osage culture from prehistoric times to the group's current status as an officially recognized tribe. Osage traditional lands are located in mid-continental America encompassed by the present-day states of Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Major waterways through these lands and the defensible terrain of the Ozark range provided the tribe a distinct advantage in prehistoric and early historic times. A warlike people, the Osage long encroached on neighboring tribal lands, especially those of the Caddo to the southwest. Yet good natural boundaries and centuries of success in warfare afforded the tribe little advantage in attempts to forestall Euro-American westward expansion. Three major routes to the West-the Missouri and Arkansas Rivers and the Continental Trail-crossed Osage land, so conflict with the newcomers was inevitable. Louis Burns draws on ancestral oral traditions and research in a broad body of literature to tell the story of the Osage people. He writes clearly and concisely, from the Osage perspective. First published in 1989 and for many years out of print, this revised edition is augmented by a new preface and maps. Because of its masterful compilation and synthesis of the known data, A History of the Osage People continues to be the best reference for information on an important American Indian people. Louis F. Burns, of Osage-French-Scottish heritage, is a member of the Mottled Eagle Clan and author of six books, including Symbolic and Decorative Art of the Osage People.
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Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface to the New Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- PART ONE: THE ASCENT OF THE OSAGE PEOPLE, 1200-1803 -- 1. Osage Origins -- 2. The Osage Empire -- 3. Osage Relationships with Euro-Americans, 1675-1803 -- PART TWO: ERODING THE OSAGE CIVILIZATION, 1803-1850 -- 4. Coming of the Americans -- 5. Treaties and Land Cessions -- 6. The Indian State and Removal -- 7. The Effects of Removal -- 8. Osage Culture and United States' Policy -- 9. The Search for Comprehension -- PART THREE: FACING THE FOUR HORSEMEN, 1850-1865 -- 10. Pestilence Strikes the People -- 11. The White Man's War Visits the Osages -- PART FOUR: THE EURO-AMERICAN AFFLICTION, 1865-1875 -- 12. The Outcasts -- 13. Osage Land Cession of 1865 -- 14. The End of Indian Treaty-Making -- 15. The Drum Creek Treaty -- 16. The Osage Removal -- 17. The Final Move -- PART FIVE: THE ROAD TO ACCOMMODATION, 1875-1906 -- 18. Farewell to the Past -- 19. Bluestem and Cattle -- 20. Constitutional Government and Allotment -- PART SIX: STANDING IN TWO WORLDS, 1906-1989 -- 21. Black Gold -- 22. Indian Influences and the Modern Indian -- 23. Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Traces 400 years of Osage culture from prehistoric times to the group's current status as an officially recognized tribe. Osage traditional lands are located in mid-continental America encompassed by the present-day states of Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Major waterways through these lands and the defensible terrain of the Ozark range provided the tribe a distinct advantage in prehistoric and early historic times. A warlike people, the Osage long encroached on neighboring tribal lands, especially those of the Caddo to the southwest. Yet good natural boundaries and centuries of success in warfare afforded the tribe little advantage in attempts to forestall Euro-American westward expansion. Three major routes to the West-the Missouri and Arkansas Rivers and the Continental Trail-crossed Osage land, so conflict with the newcomers was inevitable. Louis Burns draws on ancestral oral traditions and research in a broad body of literature to tell the story of the Osage people. He writes clearly and concisely, from the Osage perspective. First published in 1989 and for many years out of print, this revised edition is augmented by a new preface and maps. Because of its masterful compilation and synthesis of the known data, A History of the Osage People continues to be the best reference for information on an important American Indian people. Louis F. Burns, of Osage-French-Scottish heritage, is a member of the Mottled Eagle Clan and author of six books, including Symbolic and Decorative Art of the Osage People.

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