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 .
Belleau tells The Globe he credits his family support for what he’s achieved – his elder brother even once told him that he’d one day work with Scorsese