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4.75

Y'all WHAT. How did I never hear about this??? (Which is rhetorical because obviously the essentially genocide of the Osage would of course not be covered in my white history classes.) I'll definitely be revisiting this book because a lot of the sentiment toward Native people still exist today and we need to be much more aware of the total destruction that racism can cause. God. If this was a novel, I would have a hard time believing it. It's that intricate and horrific. 

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4.5


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3.5


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5.0

Incredible, heart-breaking story of the greedy murders of the Osage people perpetrated by white settlers. I couldn’t put this book down. I’m sad, angry, and frustrated at the horrors that this country continues to cover up. Every American should read this and reckon with the trauma we inflicted on so many. 

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5.0


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4.5


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4.5


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4.5


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4.5

Very enlightening as to what life in this time period was like. It was basically the last remnants of the wild west, a good reminder that life as we know it is still pretty new and a good example of white supremacy in it's worst forms. It's sad and messed up what was allowed to happen to the Osage, the Us government basically giving white people permission to swindle them, and not doing much when they got murdered. 

The murder conspiracy is so wild, on the level of sleepy hollow. The people in this book are interesting too, outlaws, indian chiefs, millionaires and alcoholics, wolves in sheep's clothing. Really interesting book. 

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4.0


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