It Didn’t Stop with the Osage: Examining the Impact of Global Trade on Indigenous Communities in the Wake of Killers of the Flower Moon

The movie is based on a book with the same name written by David Grann. The plot centers on a series of murders of members of the Osage tribe in Oklahoma in the 1920s after oil was discovered on their land. In the book, Grann depicts the investigation by the burgeoning FBI and a young J. Edgar Hoover that eventually led to the arrest of a greedy and corrupt cattleman, William Hale. When oil was found in the Osage territory, federal mandates required that “head rights” be paid to the Indigenous tribe for the oil drilled in their land. Through a family connection, Hale benefitted from the head rights and garnered overnight wealth. Unsatisfied with sharing the oil rights with the Osage tribe, he killed over two dozen members of the Indigenous tribe to expand his share of head rights. Hale was eventually arrested by the FBI and imprisoned. <a href="https://public-citizen.medium.com/it-didnt-stop-with-the-osage-examining-the-impact-of-global-trade-on-indigenous-communities-in-1ab461d02ff6">Click Here</a>