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Lillie Morrell Burkhart was a wealthy Osage woman living near Ralston, Oklahoma in Osage County in the early 20th century. When she passed away in 1967, she had a will that clearly laid out her wishes: her home is to be kept as a shrine to her ancestor Chief White Hair. She left her land, her country house and her two headrights to the Oklahoma Historical Society.In KOSU’s third story in a series about her legacy, what would happen to that home and everything inside it would be at the center of a lengthy court battle involving relatives who were upset that Osage wealth would be leaving Osage hands once again.
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Lillie Morrell Burkhart was born in 1907, one year after the Osage Allotment Act was passed giving the Osage control over their mineral estate and enormous wealth – something that put a target on many Osages. She was an original Osage allottee, was on the tribal council, was an interpreter for Chief Fred Lookout and a world traveler.Morell Burkhart was alive during the reign of terror and watched many of her friends and community members lose their lives to a murderous conspiracy. She survived.
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Osage Wind LLC was back in federal court to revisit some of the same issues argued before the 10th Circuit six years ago. Osage Minerals Council and the U.S. government contend the company continues to trespass and should be liable. Osage Wind says tearing down all 84 wind turbines would be too costly.
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Osage Nation Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear says his nation has been approached by the Oklahoma Historical Society about returning headrights formerly belonging to Lillie Morrell Burkhart, who willed it to the state agency when she died in 1967. The return would mean that the Osage Nation would manage Burkhart's trust.
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A decade-long fight will continue in a federal courtroom in Tulsa Wednesday as the Osage Nation is asking a federal judge to consider several motions, including whether some of the rocks used to create the base for the large wind turbines is considered a form of mineral development. Ultimately, the Osage Nation wants the wind turbines taken down.
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Apple Original Films is releasing two movie posters that will advertise the film Killers of the Flower Moon when it starts playing in theaters this fall.
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Killers of the Flower Moon, the nonfiction book by David Grann about the Osage murders, has been made into a movie by director Martin Scorsese. Over the weekend, it made its Oklahoma debut for some Osage citizens.
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Martin Scorsese's highly anticipated film Killers of the Flower Moon will be screened at the Cannes Film Festival on May 20. Audiences are getting some more sneak peeks at the look of the film.
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Bison grazing on native prairie for three decades transformed the landscape, allowing wildflowers to thrive that can feed legions of bees and butterflies.
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NASA astronaut Nicole Mann spoke live from the International Space Station to Osage County students as she answered their questions about space.