1920s Oklahoma. The richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma after oil was discovered beneath their land. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. Her relatives were shot and poisoned. Many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. It became the FBI's first major homicide investigation......

Early in this century, rivers of oil were found beneath Oklahoma land belonging to Indian people, and beautiful Grace Banket became the richest person in the Territory. But she was murdered by the greed of white men, and the Graycloud family, who cared for her daughter, began dying mysteriously. Letters sent to Washington, D.C. begging for help went unanswered, until at last a Native American government official, Stace Red Hawk, traveled west to investigate....

Examines the history, changing fortunes, and current situation of the Osage Indians.

An overview of the past and present lives of the Osage Indians, including a description of their family life, government, the I'n-Lon-Schka ceremonial dances, and the impact of the discovery of oil on the Osage reservation.

"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...

"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...