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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Presents a true account of the early twentieth-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. --Publisher
3) Black gold
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Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In the roaring twenties, Oklahoma is spewing black gold and every Osage owns a share of the rights. Soon tribal members are being killed for their royalties while a corrupt sheriff turns his back. Special Agent Frank Gordon organizes an undercover operation to solve the crime.
5) Warrior road
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Language
English
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Boone Terrell didn't want to return home. There were too many painful memories of the changes that had taken place among his Osage tribesmen after oil was discovered on their lands and the white men rushed in to help them spend the profits. But the mysterious telephone call telling him of the death of his close friend Acey Standing Elk brought Boone back home on the run. And when he learns that Acey had died by drowning, Boone's grief turns to burning...
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Series
Publisher
TOR
Pub. Date
1995, c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author Mercedes Lackey comes contemporary fantasy Sacred Ground.
Jennifer Talldeer is Osage and Cherokee, granddaughter of a powerful Medicine Man. She walks a difficult path: contrary to tribal custom, she is learning a warrior's magics. A freelance private investigator, Jennifer tracks down stolen Native American artifacts.
The construction of a new shopping mall uncovers fragments of human bone, revealing possible...
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
"It was the Roaring Twenties, and they descended like a swarm of locusts on the oil-rich Osage Indians of Oklahoma; jackleg lawyers, thieves, "dope" doctors, prostitutes, bootleggers, oily merchants, and fortune hunters determined "to marry me a rich Osage" preying on naive Indian girls."--Jacket.
12) Maria Tallchief
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Series
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Maria Tallchief loved to dance, but was told that she might need to change her Osage name to one that sounded more Russian to make it as a professional ballerina. She refused, and worked hard at dancing her best, becoming America's first prima ballerina. Many famous American ballets were created for Maria!" -- Amazon.com.
"A biography of Maria Tallchief, part of the She Persisted chapter book series"--
Author
Publisher
Five Star, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"After the Civil War, Colonel Jonathan Wainwright is unable to adjust to his old life in Boston as a doctor, so he joins a wagon train bound for Santa Fe. The train is attacked by Indians and renegades, and his experience in the Union cavalry soon has him fighting in another war. Meanwhile, he is drawn to two very different women: Jane Howard, a lively girl with a traumatic past, and Yellow Leaf, an Osage who joins the train for her own reasons. Yellow...
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Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
A principios de la década de 1920, los miembros de la nación indígena de los Osage, en Oklahoma, se convirtieron en las personas más ricas del mundo. Tras descubrirse enormes depósitos de petróleo bajo su reserva, los Osage vivían en mansiones, vestían con pieles y joyas costosas, viajaban en automóviles con chofer y tenían sirvientes blancos. Pero pronto, los Osage comenzaron a desaparecer misteriosamente o a morir asesinados, uno tras...
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