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this is a story about land, wealth and murder. it is a story of a people known as the children of the middle waters. the osage. legend hasz has it hay descended from the stars. and landed on a vast territory. in the middle of what is now the united states. the land would eventually make the osage some of the richest people in the world. >> that's a fancy car. >> cadillacs and lincolns were their favorite. >> the objects of racist envy. >> people were resentful. why should that dirty indian have all that money. >> targets of manipulation. bribery, and worse. >> it was systemic. everybody was in on it. >> i'm headed to oklahoma to learn more about the osage. how they became so rich. >> the rush was on. >> and who wanted them erased from their towns. >> she was 21 years old. >> and ultimately from american history. >> america was built on the graves of indians. they didn't care if we died. they didn't care if our children died. >> it wasn't okay then. it's not okay now. murder is murder . ♪ ♪ one night, almost 100 years ago, a 40 year-old man named henry went out for a drive. a few days later, his car was found on the side of the road. inside, henry lay dead. slumped over the steering wheel. >> he was shot from the back of the head. >> jim gray and his son are henry's descendents. >> my mom named my james gray. and i named my son henry. >> my family never tried to sugar coat the story. they were up front you were named after a man who was murdered. >> we both carry that same burden. to know who we descended from. no what kind of challenges that he paid the ultimate price for. >> why was henry killed? and why is it still so raw for his family nearly a century later? i'm about to find out his murder was part of a calculated plot to kill hundreds of osage in the prime of their lives. it's not a story you'll find in the history books. but it should be. is osage history american history? >> osage history is american history. it's american history has chosen to forget certain chapters. >> a former chief of the osage nation, jim knows the story well. he tells me that to understand what happened, you have to start at the beginning. long before henry roan, the osage controlled a massive territory that covered most of the midwest. here they hunted buffalo on the great open plains. when the white man came, the osage were forced to give up more and more of their lands. and in the 1870s they made a strategic decision. to buy a rocky piece of lands in oklahoma. that no one wanted. >> the conventional wisdom of the day was if we moved here, they wouldn't want anything to do with us. because the land isn't suitable for farming. >> it's kind of amazing to look out and think about the fact that 150 years ago the osage people settled here because they wanted to be left alone. there was no peace for the osage. by the time jim's ancestor was born in 1883. the government declared all out war on native culture. >> we need to stop them from being indian. christianize them. reeducate. reregulate their children. this is what they did. >> henry and tens of thousands of native children were forced to leave their families to attend boarding school. >> they didn't just okay we're going to pick up your kids and take them to the school down the street. no, they took them five states away. shaved their hair. washed their mouths out with soap. if they ever spoke their language. or tried to practice their traditional ways. kill the indian, save the man. that was the policy of the day. >> it didn't end there. >> federal government was like we need to break up their communal land holdings. so they are without a tribe. >> the osage had always shared their land. in 1906 they were forced to split their territory into private lots to weaken the unity of the tribe. they held onto one seemingly small concession. collective ownership of what lay beneath the ground. not only did you own the land the surface land, you owned the sub surface. >> that would become a game changer two years later. >> ten years after they brokered the deal for the mineral rights, the osage revealed they were sitting on a gold mine. some of the largest oil deposits in north america. >> in the 1920s the oil wells littered this landscape. they were everywhere. as far as the eye can see. that's what brought people from all over the world to this part of oklahoma. >> the oil tycoons all descended. and they bid for leases. to drill osage oil. and the osage became incredibly wealthy. >> over the next two decades the nation would produce more wealth than all of the american gold rushes. combined. and little towns not much more than a trading post at the center of the reservation, were transformed. >> this was it before oil. and after oil was discovered almost over night it turned into this. with oil royalties rolling in, life for the osage changed in an instant. >> lincolns and cadillacs were their favorites. >> look at the women. golfing too. >> absolutely. >> in their dresses. >> with this newfound wealth, megaand sean's grandfather purchased 16 millimeter film camera. >> that's him there. >> your grandfather. >> behind the camera, his wife documented a life that took on a kind of hollywood glamour. >> look at those flames. >> my grandfather loved airplanes. did he own this plane? >> yes. >> these aren't things you expect to see on the reservation in the early 1900s. >> they drove the finest cars. dressed in beautiful fur. >> look at those out fits. >> they had indoor plumbing and italian tile. >> rose wood trim on everything. >> working for the house. >> servants white servants. oh yeah. >> by the end of the 1920s oil pumped today's equal of $3 billion. in to the tribes bank account. every osage got an equal share. called the head right. which made them the richest people in the entire world. for non-osage, it was an out rage. >> so many of these images are of your family and other people just really living these incredibly lavish lifestyles. but at the same time are you saying -- >> it bred resentment. >> reporters around the country flocked to oklahoma. filing sensational stories of indescribable wealth. >> they were writing about spending habits and lavish lifestyle. making us look like cartoons. like story of the osage had a brand new car and drove it until it ran out of gas and left it. like we were just idiots that fell into this money. and we deserve to have it taken away from us. >> who is benefitting from the osage? back then? >> the bankers. they would charge fees for loans. store owners charge osages ten times more than non-osage. >> simply cheating the osage wouldn't make you rich. there was a lot of money to be made and a way to do it that could set someone up for the rest of his life. >> osage could die down the flight of steps. drive the car into a ravine. there was incentive to kill osage. and that's what happened. walmart's deals for days isn't over yet. this cyber monday is your last chance to score big online starting sunday night. don't miss out on walmart's deals for days. ♪ ♪ meet jeff. in his life, he's been to the bottom of the ocean. the tops of mountains. the er... twice. and all the places this guy runs off to. like jeff's, a life well lived should continue at home. home instead offers customized services from personal care to memory care, so older adults can stay home, stay safe, and stay happy. home instead. to us, it's personal. ♪ ♪ make more holiday at lowe's. get the samsung smart dial washer that learns and recommends your favorite cycles. wash and dry in under an hour with super speed. black friday is back, and with it, the deals. and save up to $750 dollars on select appliances at lowe's. in 1918, molly thought she had the perfect life. she was married to earnest. a man she loved. and was close to her three sisters. but then, everyone around molly started dying. first, minny passed from a mysterious ailment. then, anna was found shot and killed. at the bottom of her remote ravine. two months later, her mother got sick. and died quickly. to molly it seemed like poison. but she had no proof. >> her family starts dying. molly's family starts to disappear. and there's no good answers. >> molly went to the authorities. they dismissed her claims. two years later her ex-husband, henry roan, was also found shot and killed. and then, molly's third sister, rita and her husband died after homemade bomb was planted in their home. >> it exploded and obviously you can see the wreckage. just complete ruins. >> historian tells me about all of the people molly lost. >> anna, liz, q, rita. henry. this is the family that was targeted. >> but they weren't the only victims. by the summer of 1923, over two dozen osage had been murdered. the shocking number of deaths caught the media attention. they coined it the reign of terror. >> people were being killed. left and right. it was terrible. >> they never knew who was going to be next. >> meghan and sean tell me their grandparents feared for their lives and hired body guards. >> your family really felt that threat. >> my grandmother used to have flash backs in her late 80s. >> she would have nightmares. >> that some say it was a blessing. some say it was a curse. >> the terrorize td osage hired private detectives to look into the murders. when nothing came of it, they sent a delegation to washington. >> they went to d.c. and said look we're not leaving. until you send someone to investigate. because they are killing us. they're killing us. >> help wasn't free. the osage had to pay the government $20,000 to take the case. >> the bureau of investigation was just getting launched. hoover was the first director. and he was trying to find something that would raise the profile of this bureau. and he found it. >> the reign of terror murders would become the first major case in the history of the fbi. for two years under cover agents worked to dig up damming testimony. like a man who told investigators he was hired to do the dirty work. >> here he is saying he wanted them knocked off. just go down and plant a stand in the house. when they come in, kill them. and guess who put out the hit? molly's husband. earnest. at the time, molly held six shares of oil revenue head rights. worth close to a $1 million in today's money. if she were to die, her husband would inherit everything. investigators quickly discovered he wasn't operating on his own. the ring leader was actually his uncle. the most prominent and trusted white man in the osage community. >> william k. the king of the osage. he was the master mind behind the plot. >> bill hail had come from texas to be a rancher in the late 19th century. leasing grazing lands from the osage. he had become one of the wealthiest non-natives in town and recruited his nephew to join him. >> the plan was kill everyone off and he would get everything. >> basically he infiltrated his wife's family. >> that's exactly what he did. >> infiltrated and married in. he had children. but he also committed this horrific murder plot. so they could have head rights. and money. >> by 1926 the fbi had gathered enough evidence to arrest william hail. and earnest. for the murder of molly's sister. >> what i tell you at osages had a trust issue. that's putting it as mildly as i can. because they didn't know that the person that has married you and have two children with you was actually plotting to till you the whole time. that's a level of evil it's hard to get your arms wrapped around. >> the trial took place here in the courthouse. climbing these steps i can't help but wonder what it must have been like to be molly. to watch your own husband take the stand for helping murder your family. in the end, earnest confessed. and was sentenced to life in prison. for the killing of molly's sister and her husband. hail also got life. for ordering the death of henry roan. >> the cases were seen by all white juries. and their convictions were seen as victories by the fbi and the osage people. but then people kept dying mysteriously. there has never been justice for anyone else since these trials and then something happened. people just stopped talking about all of it. after the trial, molly divorced earnest. and retreated from society. the rest of the world thought the story ended here. found guilty and sent to prison. hundreds of other deaths were never investigated. with the killer still at large, many osage were afraid to seek justice. and kept silent. one man is finally ready to share his family's story on camera. for the very first time. >> why is it important for you to want to share this story? 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she learned he likely lost his life over a simple plot of land. and that once again, the master mind behind the reign of terror was involved. >> it was over 40 acres of the land that bill hail and associates wanted. and he wouldn't sell it. and then, some papers turn up after his death. with his signature. that said he sold the 40 acres to them. i don't think anyone in this family believes that. we think they killed him and forged a signature. and nobody could contest it. because he's dead. >> why do you think the story of the osage reign of terror should told in history books? >> people should know the truth. i wish osages would tell their story more. i know they know. they have family stories. because we're not going to get past this until we learn about it. process it. and we can move on. >> some families know what happened to their loved ones, others never had an inkling something was amiss. until decades later. >> this portion is the older part of the cemetery. >> joe connor grew up hearing stories about the times of the 1920s. especially about his stylish aunt. sibl bolton. >> her high heels and ankle bracelets and furs. she was quite the fashion plate. >> the roaring 20s. like so many during the time, she was all about fashion and flair. when she turned 21 she treated herself to a mink coat that cost $1,200. today, that would be a $14,000 mink coat. that kind of wealth could buy a young osage a very different life than the average american. and it gave her an education far from home. she went off to prep school. studied music in italy. and later pursued a degree at university of kansas. >> she was seen as really fancy. young person. part of the high society. osage and otherwise. >> no number of degrees or accolades earned osages the proper respect. non-natives saw them as unworthy of all they had acquired. an article in harpers monthly magazine reported the osage indians are becoming so rich that something will have to be done about it. in the early 1900s the government ban to assign guardians to keep a finger on the affairs of the osage. >> if you were a full blood osage, and you had all this money. the government would appoint a white guardian to manage your money. >> can you explain what the objective was? and how did one become a guardian? >> they would go to local businessmen, lawyers, upstanding person in the community or whatever and would be given the responsibility for an estate worth millions of dollars. >> a full blood osage could be shackled to guardian their whole lives. >> you have this very paternalistic guardian ward relationship. and the idea was that we weren't somehow mentally capable to take care of our funds. people like sibl who had a white father, were deemed more capable. and could take control of their money when they came of age. the guardians that meant the end of the gravy train. it's a powerful motive. and in her case, it was almost like clock work. at age 21, she was found dead. for more than a half century her family thought she died of kidney disease. >> the story was that she died of some natural causes. and no one talked about it. that's turns out was not the case. >> years later, his cousin began to investigate his grandmother's death. and discovered a discrepancy between the family lore and the official record. >> so what was discovered about her actual death? >> the facial death notice in the funeral home was self-inflicted gunshot. that surprised everyone. nobody knew that. >> the family didn't believe sibl who was a new mother, took her own life. instead the conflicts facts led them to suspect foul play. and the man in charge of her money. so she had a guardian. >> she had a guardian. who was her stepfather. this fellow his name was wood ward. was a lawyer. prominent man. he was instrumental in gaining wards that he could be guardian of. as well as passing them out to people. >> it turns out he had several other osage wards. all four of them died young under his guardianship. as the pieces came together, everything poined to one thing. >> she was murdered. for her head right. probably by her stepfather. >> wood ward was never charged with any crime. >> there's never been justice. >> very little. >> so, she is here. >> yes. sibl is up the hill. it was built the same year that she was murdered. and she was one of the first incrypted here. >> yeah. it's beautiful. >> this crypt here in the middle of the three. it's hard to see. >> bolton. 1903 to 1925. so she was 21. >> she was a wealthy, privileged person. it didn't protect her from being murdered for her money. >> when you think back on how much your people were exploited. and then to know that it happened in your own family. how does that make you feel? >> well, there's a discriminatory kind of culture that i have been sensitive to all my life. even though i don't look particularly indian and can pass certainly as a white man from time to time. but the murders made me very sensitive to the issues. and so one of the things that you live with is that some of your neighbors are now descendents of perpetrators. which makes it really hard. >> sibl bolton. joe baits. henry roan. molly's sisters and mother. so many people lost their lives during the reign of terror. their families left traumatized by fear and grief. but during the times the osage lost something even greater. the very soul of their tribe. and they became determined to get it back. er steals. or buy online and pick up in store. ♪ [laughing and giggling] (woman) hey dad. miss us? (vo) reflect on the past, celebrate the future. season's greetings from audi. ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ by the end of the 1920s demand for oil dried up and the money stopped flowing. the world forgot the reign of terror while the osage tried to heal. they were still under siege. in 1906 when the government broke up the reservation, they stripped the tribe of its collective sovereignty. the authority to govern themselves as a people. >> they imposed a form of government on the tribe. d defined who an osage was and defined the powers the osage government had. who could vote and who could run. >> every decision had to be approved by federal government representative. even something as simple as building a house. >> it disestablished our ability to self-rule. we were powerless. literally powerless to do anything about it. >> haunted by the past, with no control of the future, many osage moved away. it would take more than 100 years to right the course of history. >> mrs. speaker i move to suspend the rule and pass the bill. >> in 2004, then chief jim gray and his team pushed a bill through congress to restore the osage right to self-govern. >> because of the law in 1906 the tribe haven't been afforded the same rights as every other federally recognize ds tribe. >> preventing the tribe from determining its membership. and form of government. is the exact opposite of promoting self-determination. >> everyone understood the gravity of what we were doing and wanted to be here to see history. >> the bill is passed. >> and i think that in many ways that's exactly what we did. >> the country is home to an ancient, noble and enduring culture. >> the bill was signed into law as part of bushes native american policy. >> flourish when tribes contain control of their own affairs and future. >> what did that entitle the osage? >> the united states government finally recognized the osage have sovereignty to form a government. determine who members are. and define their own future. >> acknowledging our ancient triable order period. >> over the next year the tribe formed a special commission. to write an osage constitution. >> we were embarking on something brand new. we were doing it together. and we were doing it without great white father telling us how to do it. >> polls are open. that's the first vote. >> in 2006, the osage held the first triable election. in a hundred years. that was on their terms. >> what a great day for the osages. great day for democracy. >> now, every osage had a voice and a vote. they worked tirelessly to rebuild the tribe. and soon, families who left during the reign of terror started moving back. to help recover what was lost. >> so, the osage language was all but dead until the new constitution committed resources to adults and kids learning how to speak a language that might have been lost forever. >> so it's really beautiful what's happening behind me. >> today, nearly 10,000 osage are living in oklahoma. carrying on the traditions of their ancestors. >> how do you say it? what is that? >> it's a dance. >> every summer osages from all over the world come to celebrate. cook and eat together. as one tribe. >> when i think of osage culture. i think of our traditional dress. or osage food. and all of those things are distinctly osage. >> that's looking good. >> shannon and her father worked hard to keep the traditions alive. today, they are sharing family recipes that are over 100 years old. >> incredible experience. walmart's deals for days isn't over yet. this cyber monday is your last chance to score big online starting sunday night. don't miss out on walmart's deals for days. ♪ ♪ black friday is back at lowe's. shop now for the best deals. make everything twice as nice, and twice as merry. don't miss black friday shopping and cyber steals. or buy online and pick up in store. lash impact goes sky high. lash sensational sky high mascara from maybelline new york. limitless length plus volume. sensational from every angle. lash sensational sky high mascara. only from maybelline new york. tv: mount everest, the tallest mountain on the face of the earth. keep dreaming. 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[ laughter ] . you could cook this at home, on the stove, and it will have a taste. but it's not out here. it's not here. and when it's here, it's so much better. >> that is looking good. >> come and eat. what will happen now is that we are setting the table for you. you have some frut on your plate. you have a sack underneath. it gives you something to take from this, take those blessings with you. how woerp taught was all of our visitors sit down first, then we sit down, after everybody has gotten their fill. >> so you are not going to be sitting with me. >> no, not today. >> since my crew and i are guests -- >> that's how i've learned it. eat last. >> by tradition, we must be fed before ed, and the family can eat. >> my team, come sit down. wow. what an incredible experience. we are honored by tradition. >> absolute will he. >> we just try to make it simple. >> having our team sit down before your whole family. it occurs to me that so much has been taken from your people. yet you continue to just give. >> but that's who they were. those who those people were. joe bates, and that family back there, they were giving people. >> your great grandfather, joe bates, if you could share words with him -- >> i would just like to give him a hug. that's it. >> it's amazing, ed, that this is a man you never met. >> yeah. >> your great grandfather, yet this is so deep for you, it's so raw for you, still. >> this happened. but now, we're not going anywhere as a people. have at it. >> oh, boy. >> this is the greatest feeling in the world, seeing people eat your food. there is nothing better in the world. i would like for you gentlemen to please go sit down and eat. >> well, this is all we can show you because even if you are a cameraman, if the osage say eat, you eat. walmart's deals for days isn't over yet. this cyber monday is your last chance to score big online starting sunday night. don't miss out on walmart's deals for days. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ make more holiday at lowe's. get the samsung smart dial washer that learns and recommends your favorite cycles. wash and dry in under an hour with super speed. black friday is back, and with it, the deals. and save up to $750 dollars on select appliances at lowe's. i was hit by a car and needed help. i called the barnes firm. that was the best call i could've made. i'm rich barnes. it's hard for people to know how much their accident case is let our injury attorneys know he how much their accident cget the best result possible. i had no idea how much i wamy case was worth. c call the barnes firm to find out what your case could be worth. we will help get you the best result possible. ♪ call one eight hundred, eight million ♪ after the white men arrived, the osage lost just over 95% of their homeland. osage nation principal chief jeffy standing bear has made it his mission to reclaim their territory. >> land is critical. and maintaining yourself as a people, as a nation. >> in june of 2016, ted turner put his 43,000 acre ranch on the market, land the osage lost after the government broke up their reservation in 1906. the tribe offered $74 million. money they had raised through casinos they started building in 2002. before he accepted, turner, an environmentalist, made one request. i want this land preserves for generations to come. chief standing bear had the right answer. he said, it won't be just generations. it will be forever. what's it like for you to be standing on land that you all have gotten back? >> it's spiritual and political. it's a place for the bison, a place for us to live our lives somewhat as our ancestors did. >> what's the future of the osage? >> self determination. the stuff that happened in the past, we need to remember it, never forget it, but learn from it and go forward. >> while we were victims of that time, we don't live like victims today. what makes us osage sha we always move forward. that is what i think henry, my great grandfather would say, keep going forward. >> george scoot, edmond right behind jaden. >> the osage won't let that dark moment in their history define them. >> jason, scoot in. >> they tp to held on to the memory of their ancestors and keep their traditions alive. today, three generations of osage gather. and we get to witness a new chapter in our history. okay, everyone. >> even though they tried to take our culture from us, it's still here. and it's as strong today as it has been. >> everyone say "osage". >> osage! >> i can only see it getting stronger. >> sounds like there's this rebirth happening. >> there is. you can see people wanting that knowledge. the participation is growing again. our young people want it. they want what their people had. i see that in our kids. >> my kids are aware that theroux sage. and they are very proud. i think they are going to be even more dedicated than my generation is. >> there is that sense of community like there will used to be here. >> everything is coming full circle. it's time to be osage again. on april 22nd, 2020, a young army soldier went missing from her base in texas. months later, the tragic truth behind her disappearance came to light. >> human remains have been identified by army investigators as missing specialist vanessa guillen. >> her family claims she was the victim of sexual harassment before she died. >> how can this happen on a military base? how can this happen while she was on duty? >> we are many

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this is a story about land, wealth and murder. it is a story of a people known as the children of the middle waters. the osage. legend hasz has it hay descended from the stars. and landed on a vast territory. in the middle of what is now the united states. the land would eventually make the osage some of the richest people in the world. >> that's a fancy car. >> cadillacs and lincolns were their favorite. >> the objects of racist envy. >> people were resentful. why should that dirty indian have all that money. >> targets of manipulation. bribery, and worse. >> it was systemic. everybody was in on it. >> i'm headed to oklahoma to learn more about the osage. how they became so rich. >> the rush was on. >> and who wanted them erased from their towns. >> she was 21 years old. >> and ultimately from american history. >> america was built on the graves of indians. they didn't care if we died. they didn't care if our children died. >> it wasn't okay then. it's not okay now. murder is murder . ♪ ♪ one night, almost 100 years ago, a 40 year-old man named henry went out for a drive. a few days later, his car was found on the side of the road. inside, henry lay dead. slumped over the steering wheel. >> he was shot from the back of the head. >> jim gray and his son are henry's descendents. >> my mom named my james gray. and i named my son henry. >> my family never tried to sugar coat the story. they were up front you were named after a man who was murdered. >> we both carry that same burden. to know who we descended from. no what kind of challenges that he paid the ultimate price for. >> why was henry killed? and why is it still so raw for his family nearly a century later? i'm about to find out his murder was part of a calculated plot to kill hundreds of osage in the prime of their lives. it's not a story you'll find in the history books. but it should be. is osage history american history? >> osage history is american history. it's american history has chosen to forget certain chapters. >> a former chief of the osage nation, jim knows the story well. he tells me that to understand what happened, you have to start at the beginning. long before henry roan, the osage controlled a massive territory that covered most of the midwest. here they hunted buffalo on the great open plains. when the white man came, the osage were forced to give up more and more of their lands. and in the 1870s they made a strategic decision. to buy a rocky piece of lands in oklahoma. that no one wanted. >> the conventional wisdom of the day was if we moved here, they wouldn't want anything to do with us. because the land isn't suitable for farming. >> it's kind of amazing to look out and think about the fact that 150 years ago the osage people settled here because they wanted to be left alone. there was no peace for the osage. by the time jim's ancestor was born in 1883. the government declared all out war on native culture. >> we need to stop them from being indian. christianize them. reeducate. reregulate their children. this is what they did. >> henry and tens of thousands of native children were forced to leave their families to attend boarding school. >> they didn't just okay we're going to pick up your kids and take them to the school down the street. no, they took them five states away. shaved their hair. washed their mouths out with soap. if they ever spoke their language. or tried to practice their traditional ways. kill the indian, save the man. that was the policy of the day. >> it didn't end there. >> federal government was like we need to break up their communal land holdings. so they are without a tribe. >> the osage had always shared their land. in 1906 they were forced to split their territory into private lots to weaken the unity of the tribe. they held onto one seemingly small concession. collective ownership of what lay beneath the ground. not only did you own the land the surface land, you owned the sub surface. >> that would become a game changer two years later. >> ten years after they brokered the deal for the mineral rights, the osage revealed they were sitting on a gold mine. some of the largest oil deposits in north america. >> in the 1920s the oil wells littered this landscape. they were everywhere. as far as the eye can see. that's what brought people from all over the world to this part of oklahoma. >> the oil tycoons all descended. and they bid for leases. to drill osage oil. and the osage became incredibly wealthy. >> over the next two decades the nation would produce more wealth than all of the american gold rushes. combined. and little towns not much more than a trading post at the center of the reservation, were transformed. >> this was it before oil. and after oil was discovered almost over night it turned into this. with oil royalties rolling in, life for the osage changed in an instant. >> lincolns and cadillacs were their favorites. >> look at the women. golfing too. >> absolutely. >> in their dresses. >> with this newfound wealth, megaand sean's grandfather purchased 16 millimeter film camera. >> that's him there. >> your grandfather. >> behind the camera, his wife documented a life that took on a kind of hollywood glamour. >> look at those flames. >> my grandfather loved airplanes. did he own this plane? >> yes. >> these aren't things you expect to see on the reservation in the early 1900s. >> they drove the finest cars. dressed in beautiful fur. >> look at those out fits. >> they had indoor plumbing and italian tile. >> rose wood trim on everything. >> working for the house. >> servants white servants. oh yeah. >> by the end of the 1920s oil pumped today's equal of $3 billion. in to the tribes bank account. every osage got an equal share. called the head right. which made them the richest people in the entire world. for non-osage, it was an out rage. >> so many of these images are of your family and other people just really living these incredibly lavish lifestyles. but at the same time are you saying -- >> it bred resentment. >> reporters around the country flocked to oklahoma. filing sensational stories of indescribable wealth. >> they were writing about spending habits and lavish lifestyle. making us look like cartoons. like story of the osage had a brand new car and drove it until it ran out of gas and left it. like we were just idiots that fell into this money. and we deserve to have it taken away from us. >> who is benefitting from the osage? back then? >> the bankers. they would charge fees for loans. store owners charge osages ten times more than non-osage. >> simply cheating the osage wouldn't make you rich. there was a lot of money to be made and a way to do it that could set someone up for the rest of his life. >> osage could die down the flight of steps. drive the car into a ravine. there was incentive to kill osage. and that's what happened. walmart's deals for days isn't over yet. this cyber monday is your last chance to score big online starting sunday night. don't miss out on walmart's deals for days. ♪ ♪ meet jeff. in his life, he's been to the bottom of the ocean. the tops of mountains. the er... twice. and all the places this guy runs off to. like jeff's, a life well lived should continue at home. home instead offers customized services from personal care to memory care, so older adults can stay home, stay safe, and stay happy. home instead. to us, it's personal. ♪ ♪ make more holiday at lowe's. get the samsung smart dial washer that learns and recommends your favorite cycles. wash and dry in under an hour with super speed. black friday is back, and with it, the deals. and save up to $750 dollars on select appliances at lowe's. in 1918, molly thought she had the perfect life. she was married to earnest. a man she loved. and was close to her three sisters. but then, everyone around molly started dying. first, minny passed from a mysterious ailment. then, anna was found shot and killed. at the bottom of her remote ravine. two months later, her mother got sick. and died quickly. to molly it seemed like poison. but she had no proof. >> her family starts dying. molly's family starts to disappear. and there's no good answers. >> molly went to the authorities. they dismissed her claims. two years later her ex-husband, henry roan, was also found shot and killed. and then, molly's third sister, rita and her husband died after homemade bomb was planted in their home. >> it exploded and obviously you can see the wreckage. just complete ruins. >> historian tells me about all of the people molly lost. >> anna, liz, q, rita. henry. this is the family that was targeted. >> but they weren't the only victims. by the summer of 1923, over two dozen osage had been murdered. the shocking number of deaths caught the media attention. they coined it the reign of terror. >> people were being killed. left and right. it was terrible. >> they never knew who was going to be next. >> meghan and sean tell me their grandparents feared for their lives and hired body guards. >> your family really felt that threat. >> my grandmother used to have flash backs in her late 80s. >> she would have nightmares. >> that some say it was a blessing. some say it was a curse. >> the terrorize td osage hired private detectives to look into the murders. when nothing came of it, they sent a delegation to washington. >> they went to d.c. and said look we're not leaving. until you send someone to investigate. because they are killing us. they're killing us. >> help wasn't free. the osage had to pay the government $20,000 to take the case. >> the bureau of investigation was just getting launched. hoover was the first director. and he was trying to find something that would raise the profile of this bureau. and he found it. >> the reign of terror murders would become the first major case in the history of the fbi. for two years under cover agents worked to dig up damming testimony. like a man who told investigators he was hired to do the dirty work. >> here he is saying he wanted them knocked off. just go down and plant a stand in the house. when they come in, kill them. and guess who put out the hit? molly's husband. earnest. at the time, molly held six shares of oil revenue head rights. worth close to a $1 million in today's money. if she were to die, her husband would inherit everything. investigators quickly discovered he wasn't operating on his own. the ring leader was actually his uncle. the most prominent and trusted white man in the osage community. >> william k. the king of the osage. he was the master mind behind the plot. >> bill hail had come from texas to be a rancher in the late 19th century. leasing grazing lands from the osage. he had become one of the wealthiest non-natives in town and recruited his nephew to join him. >> the plan was kill everyone off and he would get everything. >> basically he infiltrated his wife's family. >> that's exactly what he did. >> infiltrated and married in. he had children. but he also committed this horrific murder plot. so they could have head rights. and money. >> by 1926 the fbi had gathered enough evidence to arrest william hail. and earnest. for the murder of molly's sister. >> what i tell you at osages had a trust issue. that's putting it as mildly as i can. because they didn't know that the person that has married you and have two children with you was actually plotting to till you the whole time. that's a level of evil it's hard to get your arms wrapped around. >> the trial took place here in the courthouse. climbing these steps i can't help but wonder what it must have been like to be molly. to watch your own husband take the stand for helping murder your family. in the end, earnest confessed. and was sentenced to life in prison. for the killing of molly's sister and her husband. hail also got life. for ordering the death of henry roan. >> the cases were seen by all white juries. and their convictions were seen as victories by the fbi and the osage people. but then people kept dying mysteriously. there has never been justice for anyone else since these trials and then something happened. people just stopped talking about all of it. after the trial, molly divorced earnest. and retreated from society. the rest of the world thought the story ended here. found guilty and sent to prison. hundreds of other deaths were never investigated. with the killer still at large, many osage were afraid to seek justice. and kept silent. one man is finally ready to share his family's story on camera. for the very first time. >> why is it important for you to want to share this story? 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she learned he likely lost his life over a simple plot of land. and that once again, the master mind behind the reign of terror was involved. >> it was over 40 acres of the land that bill hail and associates wanted. and he wouldn't sell it. and then, some papers turn up after his death. with his signature. that said he sold the 40 acres to them. i don't think anyone in this family believes that. we think they killed him and forged a signature. and nobody could contest it. because he's dead. >> why do you think the story of the osage reign of terror should told in history books? >> people should know the truth. i wish osages would tell their story more. i know they know. they have family stories. because we're not going to get past this until we learn about it. process it. and we can move on. >> some families know what happened to their loved ones, others never had an inkling something was amiss. until decades later. >> this portion is the older part of the cemetery. >> joe connor grew up hearing stories about the times of the 1920s. especially about his stylish aunt. sibl bolton. >> her high heels and ankle bracelets and furs. she was quite the fashion plate. >> the roaring 20s. like so many during the time, she was all about fashion and flair. when she turned 21 she treated herself to a mink coat that cost $1,200. today, that would be a $14,000 mink coat. that kind of wealth could buy a young osage a very different life than the average american. and it gave her an education far from home. she went off to prep school. studied music in italy. and later pursued a degree at university of kansas. >> she was seen as really fancy. young person. part of the high society. osage and otherwise. >> no number of degrees or accolades earned osages the proper respect. non-natives saw them as unworthy of all they had acquired. an article in harpers monthly magazine reported the osage indians are becoming so rich that something will have to be done about it. in the early 1900s the government ban to assign guardians to keep a finger on the affairs of the osage. >> if you were a full blood osage, and you had all this money. the government would appoint a white guardian to manage your money. >> can you explain what the objective was? and how did one become a guardian? >> they would go to local businessmen, lawyers, upstanding person in the community or whatever and would be given the responsibility for an estate worth millions of dollars. >> a full blood osage could be shackled to guardian their whole lives. >> you have this very paternalistic guardian ward relationship. and the idea was that we weren't somehow mentally capable to take care of our funds. people like sibl who had a white father, were deemed more capable. and could take control of their money when they came of age. the guardians that meant the end of the gravy train. it's a powerful motive. and in her case, it was almost like clock work. at age 21, she was found dead. for more than a half century her family thought she died of kidney disease. >> the story was that she died of some natural causes. and no one talked about it. that's turns out was not the case. >> years later, his cousin began to investigate his grandmother's death. and discovered a discrepancy between the family lore and the official record. >> so what was discovered about her actual death? >> the facial death notice in the funeral home was self-inflicted gunshot. that surprised everyone. nobody knew that. >> the family didn't believe sibl who was a new mother, took her own life. instead the conflicts facts led them to suspect foul play. and the man in charge of her money. so she had a guardian. >> she had a guardian. who was her stepfather. this fellow his name was wood ward. was a lawyer. prominent man. he was instrumental in gaining wards that he could be guardian of. as well as passing them out to people. >> it turns out he had several other osage wards. all four of them died young under his guardianship. as the pieces came together, everything poined to one thing. >> she was murdered. for her head right. probably by her stepfather. >> wood ward was never charged with any crime. >> there's never been justice. >> very little. >> so, she is here. >> yes. sibl is up the hill. it was built the same year that she was murdered. and she was one of the first incrypted here. >> yeah. it's beautiful. >> this crypt here in the middle of the three. it's hard to see. >> bolton. 1903 to 1925. so she was 21. >> she was a wealthy, privileged person. it didn't protect her from being murdered for her money. >> when you think back on how much your people were exploited. and then to know that it happened in your own family. how does that make you feel? >> well, there's a discriminatory kind of culture that i have been sensitive to all my life. even though i don't look particularly indian and can pass certainly as a white man from time to time. but the murders made me very sensitive to the issues. and so one of the things that you live with is that some of your neighbors are now descendents of perpetrators. which makes it really hard. >> sibl bolton. joe baits. henry roan. molly's sisters and mother. so many people lost their lives during the reign of terror. their families left traumatized by fear and grief. but during the times the osage lost something even greater. the very soul of their tribe. and they became determined to get it back. er steals. or buy online and pick up in store. ♪ [laughing and giggling] (woman) hey dad. miss us? (vo) reflect on the past, celebrate the future. season's greetings from audi. ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ by the end of the 1920s demand for oil dried up and the money stopped flowing. the world forgot the reign of terror while the osage tried to heal. they were still under siege. in 1906 when the government broke up the reservation, they stripped the tribe of its collective sovereignty. the authority to govern themselves as a people. >> they imposed a form of government on the tribe. d defined who an osage was and defined the powers the osage government had. who could vote and who could run. >> every decision had to be approved by federal government representative. even something as simple as building a house. >> it disestablished our ability to self-rule. we were powerless. literally powerless to do anything about it. >> haunted by the past, with no control of the future, many osage moved away. it would take more than 100 years to right the course of history. >> mrs. speaker i move to suspend the rule and pass the bill. >> in 2004, then chief jim gray and his team pushed a bill through congress to restore the osage right to self-govern. >> because of the law in 1906 the tribe haven't been afforded the same rights as every other federally recognize ds tribe. >> preventing the tribe from determining its membership. and form of government. is the exact opposite of promoting self-determination. >> everyone understood the gravity of what we were doing and wanted to be here to see history. >> the bill is passed. >> and i think that in many ways that's exactly what we did. >> the country is home to an ancient, noble and enduring culture. >> the bill was signed into law as part of bushes native american policy. >> flourish when tribes contain control of their own affairs and future. >> what did that entitle the osage? >> the united states government finally recognized the osage have sovereignty to form a government. determine who members are. and define their own future. >> acknowledging our ancient triable order period. >> over the next year the tribe formed a special commission. to write an osage constitution. >> we were embarking on something brand new. we were doing it together. and we were doing it without great white father telling us how to do it. >> polls are open. that's the first vote. >> in 2006, the osage held the first triable election. in a hundred years. that was on their terms. >> what a great day for the osages. great day for democracy. >> now, every osage had a voice and a vote. they worked tirelessly to rebuild the tribe. and soon, families who left during the reign of terror started moving back. to help recover what was lost. >> so, the osage language was all but dead until the new constitution committed resources to adults and kids learning how to speak a language that might have been lost forever. >> so it's really beautiful what's happening behind me. >> today, nearly 10,000 osage are living in oklahoma. carrying on the traditions of their ancestors. >> how do you say it? what is that? >> it's a dance. >> every summer osages from all over the world come to celebrate. cook and eat together. as one tribe. >> when i think of osage culture. i think of our traditional dress. or osage food. and all of those things are distinctly osage. >> that's looking good. >> shannon and her father worked hard to keep the traditions alive. today, they are sharing family recipes that are over 100 years old. >> incredible experience. walmart's deals for days isn't over yet. this cyber monday is your last chance to score big online starting sunday night. don't miss out on walmart's deals for days. ♪ ♪ black friday is back at lowe's. shop now for the best deals. make everything twice as nice, and twice as merry. don't miss black friday shopping and cyber steals. or buy online and pick up in store. lash impact goes sky high. lash sensational sky high mascara from maybelline new york. limitless length plus volume. sensational from every angle. lash sensational sky high mascara. only from maybelline new york. tv: mount everest, the tallest mountain on the face of the earth. keep dreaming. 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[ laughter ] . you could cook this at home, on the stove, and it will have a taste. but it's not out here. it's not here. and when it's here, it's so much better. >> that is looking good. >> come and eat. what will happen now is that we are setting the table for you. you have some frut on your plate. you have a sack underneath. it gives you something to take from this, take those blessings with you. how woerp taught was all of our visitors sit down first, then we sit down, after everybody has gotten their fill. >> so you are not going to be sitting with me. >> no, not today. >> since my crew and i are guests -- >> that's how i've learned it. eat last. >> by tradition, we must be fed before ed, and the family can eat. >> my team, come sit down. wow. what an incredible experience. we are honored by tradition. >> absolute will he. >> we just try to make it simple. >> having our team sit down before your whole family. it occurs to me that so much has been taken from your people. yet you continue to just give. >> but that's who they were. those who those people were. joe bates, and that family back there, they were giving people. >> your great grandfather, joe bates, if you could share words with him -- >> i would just like to give him a hug. that's it. >> it's amazing, ed, that this is a man you never met. >> yeah. >> your great grandfather, yet this is so deep for you, it's so raw for you, still. >> this happened. but now, we're not going anywhere as a people. have at it. >> oh, boy. >> this is the greatest feeling in the world, seeing people eat your food. there is nothing better in the world. i would like for you gentlemen to please go sit down and eat. >> well, this is all we can show you because even if you are a cameraman, if the osage say eat, you eat. walmart's deals for days isn't over yet. this cyber monday is your last chance to score big online starting sunday night. don't miss out on walmart's deals for days. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ make more holiday at lowe's. get the samsung smart dial washer that learns and recommends your favorite cycles. wash and dry in under an hour with super speed. black friday is back, and with it, the deals. and save up to $750 dollars on select appliances at lowe's. i was hit by a car and needed help. i called the barnes firm. that was the best call i could've made. i'm rich barnes. it's hard for people to know how much their accident case is let our injury attorneys know he how much their accident cget the best result possible. i had no idea how much i wamy case was worth. c call the barnes firm to find out what your case could be worth. we will help get you the best result possible. ♪ call one eight hundred, eight million ♪ after the white men arrived, the osage lost just over 95% of their homeland. osage nation principal chief jeffy standing bear has made it his mission to reclaim their territory. >> land is critical. and maintaining yourself as a people, as a nation. >> in june of 2016, ted turner put his 43,000 acre ranch on the market, land the osage lost after the government broke up their reservation in 1906. the tribe offered $74 million. money they had raised through casinos they started building in 2002. before he accepted, turner, an environmentalist, made one request. i want this land preserves for generations to come. chief standing bear had the right answer. he said, it won't be just generations. it will be forever. what's it like for you to be standing on land that you all have gotten back? >> it's spiritual and political. it's a place for the bison, a place for us to live our lives somewhat as our ancestors did. >> what's the future of the osage? >> self determination. the stuff that happened in the past, we need to remember it, never forget it, but learn from it and go forward. >> while we were victims of that time, we don't live like victims today. what makes us osage sha we always move forward. that is what i think henry, my great grandfather would say, keep going forward. >> george scoot, edmond right behind jaden. >> the osage won't let that dark moment in their history define them. >> jason, scoot in. >> they tp to held on to the memory of their ancestors and keep their traditions alive. today, three generations of osage gather. and we get to witness a new chapter in our history. okay, everyone. >> even though they tried to take our culture from us, it's still here. and it's as strong today as it has been. >> everyone say "osage". >> osage! >> i can only see it getting stronger. >> sounds like there's this rebirth happening. >> there is. you can see people wanting that knowledge. the participation is growing again. our young people want it. they want what their people had. i see that in our kids. >> my kids are aware that theroux sage. and they are very proud. i think they are going to be even more dedicated than my generation is. >> there is that sense of community like there will used to be here. >> everything is coming full circle. it's time to be osage again. on april 22nd, 2020, a young army soldier went missing from her base in texas. months later, the tragic truth behind her disappearance came to light. >> human remains have been identified by army investigators as missing specialist vanessa guillen. >> her family claims she was the victim of sexual harassment before she died. >> how can this happen on a military base? 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