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The
Osage Nation
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The Osage Nation is a federally recognized
Indian nation and occupies the Osage Reservation in north-central
Oklahoma. The Osage Nation consists of approximately 18,000 Osage
citizens with an estimated 4,000 residing on the Reservation. The BIA
estimates, according to its labor force report, that there are an
additional 6,500 other Indians residing on the Reservation. The Indian
Health Service estimates that the IHS Pawhuska Health Center provides
ambulatory care for 10,000 Indians.
The Reservation contains 1,469,240 acres or 2,296 square miles. The
Osage Nation in 1870, purchased the Reservation and is the only
federally recognized Reservation remaining in Oklahoma. The capital of
the Osage Nation is in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. The principal Reservation
communities of the Osage Nation are at Hominy, Fairfax, Pawhuska, and
Skiatook. |
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