James Bigheart information

James Bigheart (Osage romanized Pun-Kah-Wi-Tah-An-Kah; c. 1838 – October 5, 1908), also known as Big Jim, was an Osage politician who served as principal...

allotted. The Osage Nation signed its first oil lease in 1896 when Chief James Bigheart leased the entire reservation to Henry and Edwin B. Foster for a period...

death was due to old age. George Bigheart was the son of James Bigheart, the last hereditary Osage chief. Hale was Bigheart's neighbor and friend, and had...

Roan. In 1923, George Bigheart was taken to Oklahoma City for treatment after drinking poisoned whiskey. Hale and Ernest took Bigheart to the hospital where...

negotiating with the U.S. government. Through the efforts of Principal Chief James Bigheart, in 1907 they reached a deal which enabled them to retain communal mineral...

Joseph Pawnee-no-pashe (1882-1884) Ne-kah-wah-she-tun-kah (1900-1902) James Bigheart (1903-1904) O-lo-hah-wal-la (1906-1907) A. H. Brown (1910-1911) Bacon...

alongside other Osage leaders such as Bacon Rind, Fred Lookout, and James Bigheart, on four occasions. After Oklahoma statehood, he served on the Osage...

was adopted as a daughter by the principal chief of the Osage, James Bigheart. Bigheart gave her an Osage name that was a partial translation of her Tuscarora...

at the time. Elizabeth Tall Chief's paternal great-grandfather, Peter Bigheart, had helped negotiate for the Osages concerning oil revenues that enriched...

to the hospital for an urgent meeting. Bigheart's physicians suspected that he had been poisoned, and Bigheart provided Vaughn with information about...

Title Locale Year est. Year ceased Notes Bigheart Times Osage County Formerly published by Louise Redcorn Bixby Bulletin Bixby 1905 2012 In 2012, the Bulletin...

at least 25 people, destroying all but six of buildings in the town of Bigheart, Oklahoma. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill for a constitutional...