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The Osage Nation Museum (ONM) in
Pawhuska, Oklahoma
Pawhuska ( osa, ๐๐๐ข๐ถ๐ฎ๐ค๐ / hpahรบska, ''meaning: "White Hair"'', iow, Pahรกhga) 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'', wh ...
, is devoted to
Osage 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 b ...
history, art, and culture. Highlights include an extensive photograph collection, historical artifacts, and traditional and contemporary art.
Founded in 1938, the ONM is the oldest tribally owned museum in the United States.
[
] Historian
Louis F. Burns
Louis Francis Burns (January 2, 1920 โ May 20, 2012) was an Americans, American historian, author, and teacher, known as a leading expert on the history, mythology and culture of the Osage Nation. Burns wrote more than a dozen books and scholar ...
donated much of his extensive personal collection of artifacts and documents to the museum.
The
Osage Nation
The Osage Nation ( ) ( Osage: ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฐอ ('), "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 ...
also has a historic preservation office, archives, and cultural office. It is working to revive the
Osage language, with immersion in
Head Start classes and elementary school, as well as classes for youth and adults.
References
External links
Official website
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Native American museums in Oklahoma
Tourist attractions in Osage County, Oklahoma
Museums established in 1938
1938 establishments in Oklahoma
Osage Nation