Osage historians share the story of Wahzhazhe ancestral homelands - stretching from the Appalachian Mountains to the Rocky Mountains - and the deep knowledge, connection, and trade networks that defined our people long before removal.
This video explores how the Osage were forced from these lands following the Louisiana Purchase, when decisions about our future were made without our consent. It traces the beginning of treaty-making that led to the systematic loss of our homelands and the lasting impact of those removals.
