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Edward Red Eagle
Edward Red Eagle (died May 2, 1999) was an Osage Nation assistant chief for three terms and council member for over forty years. He was born in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, and attended Pawhuska High School. He attended Wichita Business College before joining the U.S. Army for World War II in the Philippines and Japan. His father, Paul Red Eagle, and son, John Red Eagle John Denyer Red Eagle (September 21, 1948 – January 12, 2024) was an American Osage politician who served as the principal chief of the Osage Nation between June 2010 and his removal from office in January 2014. He also served as the assistant ..., also served in the Osage government. References {{reflist Osage Nation chiefs 1999 deaths Year of birth missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pawhuska, Oklahoma
Pawhuska ( osa, 𐓄𐓘𐓢𐓶𐓮𐓤𐓘 / hpahúska, ''meaning: "White Hair"'', iow, Paháhga) is a city in and the county seat of Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named after the 19th-century Osage chief, ''Paw-Hiu-Skah'', which means "White Hair" in English.Jon D. May, "Pawhuska." ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.'' Accessed 30 Jan 2010 The Osage tribal government, which opened offices in Pawhuska in 1872 when its reservation was established in , continues to be based in Pawhuska. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osage Nation
The Osage Nation ( ) ( Osage: 𐓁𐒻 𐓂𐒼𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒰͘ ('), "People of the Middle Waters") is a Midwestern Native American tribe of the Great Plains. The tribe developed in the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys around 700 BC along with other groups of its language family. They migrated west after the 17th century, settling near the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, as a result of Iroquois invading the Ohio Valley in a search for new hunting grounds. The term "Osage" is a French version of the tribe's name, which can be roughly translated as "calm water". The Osage people refer to themselves in their indigenous Dhegihan Siouan language as 𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷 ('), or "Mid-waters". By the early 19th century, the Osage had become the dominant power in the region, feared by neighboring tribes. The tribe controlled the area between the Missouri and Red rivers, the Ozarks to the east and the foothills of the Wichita Mountains to the south. They depe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Red Eagle
John Denyer Red Eagle (September 21, 1948 – January 12, 2024) was an American Osage politician who served as the principal chief of the Osage Nation between June 2010 and his removal from office in January 2014. He also served as the assistant principal chief from 2006 to 2010. Biography John Denyer Red Eagle was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on September 21, 1948, to Edward Red Eagle and Virginia Logan. His family, members of the Eagle Clan, included two former Osage Nation Chiefs, his father and grandfather Paul Red Eagle. John D. Red Eagle grew up in Osage County, Oklahoma and was raised in the Native American church. Both of his parents were " full blood" Osage and members of the Osage Nation. He graduated from Pawhuska High School in 1967 and then attended Oklahoma State University before graduating from Colorado Community College. He later earned another bachelor's degree from the University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Red Eagle
Paul Red Eagle was an Osage politician who served as the Principal Chief of the Osage Nation between 1923 and 1924 and as the assistant principal chief between 1916–1920 and 1922–1923. Early life and career Paul Red Eagle was born at the Osage Mission's post in Kansas in 1880. He was elected as the assistant chief of the Osage Nation The Osage Nation ( ) ( Osage: 𐓁𐒻 𐓂𐒼𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒰͘ ('), "People of the Middle Waters") is a Midwestern Native American tribe of the Great Plains. The tribe developed in the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys around 700 BC along ... and served from July 1, 1916, to June 30, 1920. In 1922 he was again elected assistant chief, but he became the principal chief in August 1923 following the death of Me-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah. He served until June 30, 1924. He died on July 1, 1941, and was buried near Barnsdall, Oklahoma. Personal life Red Eagle had five children: Harry Red Eagle, Johnny Red Eagle, Edward Red Eagle, Mary Big Elk, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulsa World
The ''Tulsa World'' is the daily newspaper for the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and primary newspaper for the northeastern and eastern portions of Oklahoma. Tulsa World Media Company is part of Lee Enterprises. The new owners announced in January 2020 that a corporate purchase was made of BH Media Group, a Berkshire Hathaway company controlled by Warren Buffett. The printed edition is the second-most circulated newspaper in the state, after ''The Oklahoman''. It was founded in 1905 and locally owned by the Lorton family for almost 100 years until February 2013, when it was sold to BH Media Group. In the early 1900s, the ''World'' fought an editorial battle in favor of building a reservoir on Spavinaw Creek, in addition to opposing the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. The paper was jointly operated with the ''Tulsa Tribune'' from 1941 to 1992. History Republican activist James F. McCoy and Kansas journalist J.R. Brady published the first edition of the ''Tulsa World'' on September 14, 1905 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pawhuska High School
Pawhuska ( osa, 𐓄𐓘𐓢𐓶𐓮𐓤𐓘 / hpahúska, ''meaning: "White Hair"'', iow, Paháhga) is a city in and the county seat of Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named after the 19th-century Osage chief, ''Paw-Hiu-Skah'', which means "White Hair" in English.Jon D. May, "Pawhuska." ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.'' Accessed 30 Jan 2010 The Osage tribal government, which opened offices in Pawhuska in 1872 when its reservation was established in , continues to be based in Pawhuska. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osage Nation Chiefs
The Osage Nation, a Native American tribe in the United States, is the source of most other terms containing the word "osage". Osage can also refer to: * Osage language, a Dhaegin language traditionally spoken by the Osage Nation * Osage (Unicode block), containing characters from the Osage alphabet * Osage-orange, '' Maclura pomifera'', a tree of the mulberry family * Osage Indian murders (1921–1925), a group of murders that took place on the Osage Indian Reservation as whites tried to get control of headrights to oil royalties * Osage River, a tributary of the Missouri River, entirely contained in Missouri, United States * Hughes TH-55 Osage U.S. Army helicopter * USS ''Osage'' (1863) * USS ''Osage'' (LSV-3) * Osage Gallery, an art gallery in Hong Kong Osage is a part of many placenames, including: ;Canada * Osage, Saskatchewan ;United States * Osage, Arkansas *Osage, Iowa *Osage, Minnesota * Osage, New Jersey *Osage, Ohio *Osage, Oklahoma (also known as Osage City, Oklah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Deaths
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootings in the United States; the Year 2000 problem ("Y2K"), perceived as a major concern in the lead-up to the year 2000; the Millennium Dome opens in London; online music downloading platform Napster is launched, soon a source of online piracy; NASA loses both the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander; a destroyed T-55 tank near Prizren during the Kosovo War., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Death and state funeral of King Hussein rect 200 0 400 200 1999 İzmit earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Columbine High School massacre rect 0 200 300 400 Kosovo War rect 300 200 600 400 Year 2000 problem rect 0 400 200 600 Mars Climate Orbiter rect 200 400 400 600 Napster rect 400 400 600 600 Millennium Dome 1999 was designated as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
