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In 1984, the Oklahoma Historical Society took over the management of Lillie Morrell Burkhart’s estate, and today they run the White Hair Memorial — just as Lillie wanted. But, there continue to be questions about what exactly that legacy will be moving forward.
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Join the Osage News and KOSU's Allison Herrera on Oct. 22 for “Examining In Trust” at Wakon Iron Hall in Pawhuska from 4-7 p.m.
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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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The Osage Reign of Terror didn't just include one family, and it didn't stop and start in the 1920s. KOSU examined obituaries, death certificates and talked with family members who say the deaths of great-grandfathers and mothers in their family tree have left lingering questions about what really happened.
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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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Marjorie and Maria Tallchief will have a day honoring them at the end of October. But before that, they'll be memorialized in significant ways.
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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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The U.S. Department of the Interior is investing almost $40 million to plug and clean up abandoned oil and gas wells in tribal communities across the country.
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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.