In The 1920s, A Community Conspired To Kill Native Americans For Their Oil Money

[Judi Lynn]

12. In depth article from the Oklahoma newspaper, the Oklahoman:

InDepth: Greed, collusion lead to Osage murders | News OK

It's the 1920s and oil production in the Osage Nation is at a peak. The tribe's wealth has become legendary. But along with its bounty, sorrow and fear will paralyze the Osage Nation in the coming years, during an era the tribe now calls “The Reign of Terror.”
By Melissa Howell
Published: January 12, 2014

The headlights on the Buick touring car cut through the darkness, bumping down the road between Fairfax and Pawhuska in Osage County. It’s the late hours of May 21, 1921.

Anna Brown, a 40-year-old, full-blooded Osage woman, stares sourly into the cloud of dust gathering in the headlights. Byron Burkhart, a white man in his early 20s and Anna’s off-and-on lover, is behind the wheel, trying to coax her out of her testy mood.

As they drive over the Osage hills, Burkhart knows that Brown will not live to see the sunrise.

It’s the 1920s, and oil production in the Osage Nation is at a peak. The tribe’s wealth has become legendary. But along with its bounty, sorrow and fear will paralyze the Osage Nation in the coming years, during an era the tribe now calls “The Reign of Terror.”

More:
https://oklahoman.com/special/article/3921909/ndepth-greed-collusion-lead-to-osage-murders

(7 minute video regarding the oil and the Osage people)