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Title: xThe author's discussion on the osage tribe was inaccurate.
Review: The book was typical of the exploitation that was experienced by the Osages in the early 20's. The author's treatment of the history of the Osage in Osage county was highly inaccurate; especially his simulated dialogue. As a member of the osage tribe I can assure the reader that this dialogue would have never occured. The author's use of stereotypical language in describing comments attributed to the Osage leaders and in describing the lifestyles of the Osages is offensive, e.g. Baconrind bellowed, the feast raged, osage squaws. The author makes unsubstantiated statements and does not cite sources. Given the author's background I had hoped for an accurate account of the Osage Indian murders, yet it was another inaccurate account by an uninformed non-Indian writing about Indians.
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