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The Osage Peoples, Past and Present

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The Osage peoples have lived in what we now call Missouri for hundreds of years. While their ancestors first settled in the Ohio River Valley, they migrated to the Mississippi River Valley around 400 to 500 CE. Historians such as Andrea A. Hunter, the Osage Nation’s director and tribal historic preservation officer, speculate that the Osage were part of the Cahokia civilization—the society famous for building great mounds—around 1000 to 1200 CE. Living along the Missouri River and its tributaries, including …
Brittany Krewson