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“Who were the people who lived in Pulaski County before European and American settlement?”
That is the question posed by The Old Stagecoach Stop Foundation.
In an effort to answer that question for the Journey Stories exhibit, Kathryn Red Corn, the director of the Osage Tribal Museum in Pawhuska, Okla., will be bringing a fascinating exhibit to compliment the Journey Stories exhibition and giving a presentation to visitors at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Red Corn's exhibit is a collection of 1,500 photographs chronicling the history of the 2,229 people who were the original 1906 tribal roll members when the Osage's reservation lands were to be alloted by order of the Allotment Act.
Red Corn will be giving a presentation discussing the unique history of the Osage tribe, how it lost its Missouri and Kansas lands, and finally ended up being the only tribe to buy its own 1.5 million-acre reservation on land in Oklahoma that it owned prior to losing the land in a treaty with the U.S. government.
When asked what the most important thing to take away from the presentation, Red Corn said, “This was our homeland. I think it's important for people to know that there was a group of people who lived there and owned that. It's good for people to know what happened before they got there.”
Visitors will be allowed to view the photographic exhibit, hear Red Corn's presentation, and will be given a map chronicling the land history of the Osage people.
Red Corn says the exhibit will be particularly interesting to local visitors because “it looks at one particular group of people and their lifestyle over a 100-year period. When you can see their history in that way, it's fascinating.”
The Osage Tribal Museum exhibit will only be at Journey Stories the day that Red Corn is visiting. Visitors wishing to take in the exhibit will only be able to this Saturday.
Journey Stories will be offering other interesting presentations to compliment the exhibit besides Red Corn's exhibit and presentation. The next special Saturday event will be the Ozark Johnboat presented by Don Foerster and the next Monday Night Family Film Festival movie will be “Stagecoach.”
“Who were the people who lived in Pulaski County before European and American settlement?”
That is the question posed by The Old Stagecoach Stop Foundation.
In an effort to answer that question for the Journey Stories exhibit, Kathryn Red Corn, the director of the Osage Tribal Museum in Pawhuska, Okla., will be bringing a fascinating exhibit to compliment the Journey Stories exhibition and giving a presentation to visitors at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Red Corn's exhibit is a collection of 1,500 photographs chronicling the history of the 2,229 people who were the original 1906 tribal roll members when the Osage's reservation lands were to be alloted by order of the Allotment Act.
Red Corn will be giving a presentation discussing the unique history of the Osage tribe, how it lost its Missouri and Kansas lands, and finally ended up being the only tribe to buy its own 1.5 million-acre reservation on land in Oklahoma that it owned prior to losing the land in a treaty with the U.S. government.
When asked what the most important thing to take away from the presentation, Red Corn said, “This was our homeland. I think it's important for people to know that there was a group of people who lived there and owned that. It's good for people to know what happened before they got there.”
Visitors will be allowed to view the photographic exhibit, hear Red Corn's presentation, and will be given a map chronicling the land history of the Osage people.
Red Corn says the exhibit will be particularly interesting to local visitors because “it looks at one particular group of people and their lifestyle over a 100-year period. When you can see their history in that way, it's fascinating.”
The Osage Tribal Museum exhibit will only be at Journey Stories the day that Red Corn is visiting. Visitors wishing to take in the exhibit will only be able to this Saturday.
Journey Stories will be offering other interesting presentations to compliment the exhibit besides Red Corn's exhibit and presentation. The next special Saturday event will be the Ozark Johnboat presented by Don Foerster and the next Monday Night Family Film Festival movie will be “Stagecoach.”
