Webas martin scorsese's latest epic killers of the flower moon is released this week, caryn james explores the terrible true history that inspired the film. Webfrom 1920 to 1925, there were dozens of mysterious or unsolved murders in osage county relating to osage headright holders, some of whose deaths were never solved. Webthe film and book trace the true story of greed, brutality and government complicity in the assassination of wealthy osage citizens. He also confessed to killing five. Webthe osage indian murders was the first major homicide case for the fbi. Oklahoma’s native americans were being killed for their money, seemingly with impunity. Webthe four are among 10 men, six deceased, who have led county law enforcement since indian river was carved out of st. Lucie county in 1925. Webhistory reports over two dozen osage tribal members were shot, stabbed, beaten, and bombed in the early 1920s, prompting the tribe to send barney. Webwhen william king hale arrived in what is now osage county, oklahoma, around 1902, he was so poor he had to live in a tent. By the 1920s, he was so rich and. Webhistorical photos of osage indians in oklahoma tell the true story that inspired leonardo dicaprio and martin scorsese's 'killers of the flower moon. '
