29. "We Have Lost a Lot, But We Still Have a Lot"

<p>Hello everyone, this is Jinsha. In the 25th episode (link), we discussed the movie “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5537002/">Killers of the Flower Moon</a>” and delved into our post-viewing study of the Osage Indian tribe and its history.</p><p>In the mid-19th century, the ancestors of the Osage were forced out by white settlers and had to leave their territory in the eastern United States. They moved west to what is now Oklahoma, where they purchased new land from another Native American tribe. At the end of the 19th century, when the federal government sought to seize these lands from the tribes and privatize them, the Osage negotiated with the government and ultimately secured both land and mineral rights. This meant that while the surface land could be taken, any minerals found beneath it would belong to Osage. At the beginning of the 20th century, rich oil resources were discovered on their land. Consequently, by collecting mining rents from oil companies, the Osage peop...