Osage Nation

The Osage Nation is a Native American tribe in the United States, which is mainly based in Osage County, Oklahoma, but can still be found throughout America.

Related Topics:
Native American - United States - Osage County, Oklahoma

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The Osage called themselves Wazházhe, "Children of the Middle Water". The name Osage comes from a French corruption of the tribal name.

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Their Osage language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan stock of Native American languages, now spoken in Nebraska and Oklahoma. They originally lived among the Kansa, the Ponca, the Omaha, and the Quapaw in the Ohio Valley. The tribe probably separated from the closely-related Kansa not long before Europeans first encountered them. The Osage developed a typical Plains Indian culture with a distictive tribal division between meat-eating Wazhazhe and vegetarian Tsishu.

Related Topics:
Osage language - Siouan - Hokan-Siouan - Native American languages - Nebraska - Oklahoma - Kansa - Ponca - Omaha - Quapaw - Ohio Valley - Plains Indian culture - Wazhazhe - Tsishu

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