An Osage headright is a type of headright in the United States. There are 2,229 Osage headrights, one for each member of the Osage Nation enrolled in 1906. Osage headrights entitle the owner to a quarterly share of the Osage Mineral Estate.
Osage headrights are known for motivating some of the killers in the Osage Indian murders and for contemporary issues surrounding continued non-Osage ownership.
the allotment process, and many Osage became wealthy through returns from leasing fees generated by their Osageheadrights. However, during the 1920s and...
Osageheadrights is a specific and distinct topic. This article is about the general topic of headrights. A headright refers to a legal grant of land...
prohibit non-Osage from inheriting headrights from Osage with half or more Native American ancestry, in an effort to protect the Osage. The U.S. government...
She was Catholic and spoke both English and Osage. By the 1900s, Mollie was wealthy from her Osageheadright, but deemed incompetent due to federal laws...
(180 km2) from Osage landowners). Hale and his nephews, Ernest and Byron Burkhart, conspired to kill several Osage people for their Osageheadrights after Ernest...
murders that took place on the Osage Indian Reservation as whites tried to get control of headrights to oil royalties Osage River, a tributary of the Missouri...
1906 Osage rolls and received one osage headright, like every member of the tribe. Mathews grew up in Osage County playing with his dog, Spot, and his...
Byron Burkhart conspired to kill several Osage people for their headrights after Ernest married Mollie Kyle, an Osage: On May 27, 1921, Hale hired Kelsie Morrison...
their former lands. Members of the nation have had what are known as Osageheadrights to a portion of this communal resource and are paid a portion of leasing...
Virginia Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood, taking advantage of the headright system, had bought land in present-day Spotsylvania and encouraged German...
Stories in Series: "The List", September 6, 2022 "The Headright", September 6, 2022 "The Osage Price", September 13, 2022 "The Guardianship", September...