“The Osage Murders” is a historical documentary focusing on the events that occurred on the Osage reservation in the 1920s. In the early 1900s death was all too common in the oil boom town of Fairfax on the Osage reservation. #PBSFilmFest | PBS

Dhegiha | The Osage people are part of the Dhegihan subgroup, also consisting of the Ponca, Omaha, Kaw, and Quapaw. The tribes share many commonalities in language, culture, and oral traditions that reveal a past relationship within an ancestral group. Today, the tribes continue to maintain a variety of connections, and more formally acknowledge their language relationship at an annual gathering for the purpose of language preservation. | Osage Nation

With the upcoming release of the movie Killers of the Flower Moon from filmmaker Martin Scorsese, there has been renewed interest in the murders that took place on the Osage Reservation in the early 1900s. “Osage Murders” is a historical documentary from Native American filmmakers Dan Bigbee Jr. (Comanche) and Lily Shangreaux (Oglala Lakota) that focuses on the events that occurred on the Osage Reservation in the 1920s. | Nebraska Public Media