The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
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Beautifully written and meticulously researched, this examination of the systematic murder of dozens of Osage in the 1920s is chilling. Rarely do we have the opportunity to see the American genocide against indigenous people so closely with personal detail about the victims and the generational trauma that follows their descendants to this day. The history of the birth of the modern FBI and the investigation and judicial proceedings against the murderers was fascinating.