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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Osage people 12
Osage culture 2
Wazhazhe (Osage) people canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of North America
Native American nation
Native American people
alsoKnownAs Osage Nation
Osage people
capital Pawhuska, Oklahoma
culturalPractice clan system
elaborate ceremonial dances
culturalRegion Plains Indians
Siouan-speaking peoples
currentLocation Oklahoma
enrollmentBasis tribal citizenship
ethnonymMeaning people of the middle waters
federallyRecognized United States
flag Flag of the Osage Nation
governingBody Osage Nation government
linked to: Osage Nation
governmentType tribal government
hasReservationIn Oklahoma
hasWrittenSystem modern Osage orthography
historicalRegion present-day Arkansas
present-day Kansas
present-day Missouri
present-day Oklahoma
language Osage language
languageFamily Dhegiha Siouan languages
legalAct Osage Allotment Act of 1906
migratedTo Great Plains
nativeName Wazhazhe
notableHistoricalEvent Osage murders of the 1920s
discovery of oil on Osage lands in early 20th century
originalHomeland Mississippi River valley
Ohio River valley
linked to: Ohio Valley region
populationRegion United States
recognizedBy Bureau of Indian Affairs
relatedEthnicGroup Kansa (Kaw) people
linked to: Kansa (Kaw) tribe

Omaha people
Ponca people
linked to: Ponca

Quapaw people
linked to: Quapaw tribe
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
treatyHistoryWith United States government

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Fort Clark (1808) ethnicGroupAffected Osage people
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Osage Nation reservation ethnicGroup Osage people
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Osage Nation reservation hasHistoricPeople Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Dhegihan languages traditionalSpeakers Osage people
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Lower Missouri River valley historicallyInhabitedBy Osage people
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Osage County, Kansas namedAfter Osage people
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Osage City, Missouri namedAfter Osage people
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Osage Cuestas namedAfter Osage people
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Osage County namedAfter Osage people
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Otoe people relatedEthnicGroup Osage people
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Dennis McAuliffe subjectOfWriting Osage people
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Osage elders ethnicGroup Osage people
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Chief Paw-Hiu-Skah culture Osage culture
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Wazhazhe (Osage) people alsoKnownAs Osage people
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Hominy, Oklahoma hasCulturalInfluence Osage culture
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people