THE OSAGE

Sovereignty. Dignity. And the story Hollywood didn't finish.

The richest people in the world.

At the height of the oil boom, the Osage Nation held the most valuable mineral rights on the continent. Long Knife is the story of what happened next — and what is still happening.

[Continued lede — TK. Place the Osage Nation at the center. This is their story; Long Knife is documenting a chapter they are still living.]

After the Flower Moon

Killers of the Flower Moon
told the beginning.
Long Knife tells what came next.

[TK — bridge from the 1920s Osage murders to the Koch-era theft. Establish continuity: same land, same wealth, different criminals.]

Osage Voices in the Film

Featured in Long Knife.

  • Geoffrey Standing Bear

    Principal Chief, Osage Nation

  • Everett Waller

    Chairman, Osage Minerals Council

  • Joe Ben Mashunkashey

    Osage Nation

[TK — section on sovereignty. Frame what is at stake legally, politically, and culturally for the Osage Nation today.]

[TK — section on dignity. The smaller, daily indignities that accompany the larger thefts.]