Wazhazhe (Osage) people

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The Wazhazhe, commonly known as the Osage people, are a Native American nation originally from the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys who became prominent in the Great Plains region and are now federally recognized with a reservation in Oklahoma.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Osage people 12
Osage culture 2
Wazhazhe (Osage) people canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of North America ⓘ
Native American nation ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Osage Nation ⓘ
Osage people ⓘ
capital Pawhuska, Oklahoma ⓘ
culturalPractice clan system ⓘ
elaborate ceremonial dances ⓘ
culturalRegion Plains Indians ⓘ
Siouan-speaking peoples ⓘ
currentLocation Oklahoma ⓘ
enrollmentBasis tribal citizenship ⓘ
ethnonymMeaning people of the middle waters ⓘ
federallyRecognized United States ⓘ
flag Flag of the Osage Nation ⓘ
governingBody Osage Nation government ⓘ
linked to: Osage Nation
governmentType tribal government ⓘ
hasReservationIn Oklahoma ⓘ
hasWrittenSystem modern Osage orthography ⓘ
historicalRegion present-day Arkansas ⓘ
present-day Kansas ⓘ
present-day Missouri ⓘ
present-day Oklahoma ⓘ
language Osage language ⓘ
languageFamily Dhegiha Siouan languages ⓘ
legalAct Osage Allotment Act of 1906 ⓘ
migratedTo Great Plains ⓘ
nativeName Wazhazhe ⓘ
notableHistoricalEvent Osage murders of the 1920s ⓘ
discovery of oil on Osage lands in early 20th century ⓘ
originalHomeland Mississippi River valley ⓘ
Ohio River valley ⓘ
linked to: Ohio Valley region
populationRegion United States ⓘ
recognizedBy Bureau of Indian Affairs ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Kansa (Kaw) people ⓘ
linked to: Kansa (Kaw) tribe

Omaha people ⓘ
Ponca people ⓘ
linked to: Ponca

Quapaw people ⓘ
linked to: Quapaw tribe
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Osage religion ⓘ
resourceOwnership collective mineral rights to Osage reservation lands ⓘ
sovereignStatus domestic dependent nation in United States law ⓘ
traditionalHousing longhouses ⓘ
tipis ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence bison hunting ⓘ
deer hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryFeature Osage River ⓘ
treatyHistoryWith United States government ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Fort Clark (1808) → ethnicGroupAffected → Osage people ⓘ
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Osage Nation reservation → ethnicGroup → Osage people ⓘ
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Osage Nation reservation → hasHistoricPeople → Wazhazhe (Osage) people ⓘ
Dhegihan languages → traditionalSpeakers → Osage people ⓘ
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Lower Missouri River valley → historicallyInhabitedBy → Osage people ⓘ
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Osage County, Kansas → namedAfter → Osage people ⓘ
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Osage City, Missouri → namedAfter → Osage people ⓘ
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Osage Cuestas → namedAfter → Osage people ⓘ
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Osage County → namedAfter → Osage people ⓘ
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Otoe people → relatedEthnicGroup → Osage people ⓘ
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Dennis McAuliffe → subjectOfWriting → Osage people ⓘ
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Osage elders → ethnicGroup → Osage people ⓘ
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Chief Paw-Hiu-Skah → culture → Osage culture ⓘ
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Wazhazhe (Osage) people → alsoKnownAs → Osage people ⓘ
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people
Hominy, Oklahoma → hasCulturalInfluence → Osage culture ⓘ
linked to: Wazhazhe (Osage) people