Do you know the true story behind Martin Scorsese's KillersOfTheFlowerMoon?
Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for David Grann's Killers of the Flower Moon book.Martin Scorsese’s next film, Killers of the Flower Moon, is based on a non-fiction book by David Grann that investigates the murders of dozens of Osage people in Oklahoma in the 1920s. It’s an epic tale that explores not only the murders themselves, but also greed, wealth, conspiracy, racism, and the early days of the FBI.
The Extraordinary Wealth of the Osage The Osage were quite wise in how they acquired their wealth. They knew well before America’s biggest oil companies that Osage territory was rich in black gold. They also knew that the landscape of their property was considered undesirable to white men. So they acquired vast tracts of land that would both isolate them from white men and eventually result in a massive windfall once the abundance of oil was known to all.
Oklahoma in the 1920s The government made every effort to forcibly assimilate the Osage to the American way of life. Osage children were essentially forced to attend American schools, speak English, and adopt Christianity as their religion, a common practice for many Native nations. The government even controlled the Osage’s spending habits, with members of Congress scrutinizing Osage expenditures. Many wealthy American Indians were even appointed “guardians” who would oversee their finances.
Eventually, the governor of Oklahoma sent his top investigator to Osage territory after a particularly gruesome incident in which a bomb obliterated the home of an Osage, killing three people and terrorizing the townspeople. But before long, this state investigator was caught consorting with local criminals and accepting bribes, rendering him utterly useless in uncovering the source of the murders.
Among those who seemed to profit most from the murders was William Hale. He netted $25,000 as the beneficiary of a murdered Osage man’s life insurance policy. He also used a forged creditor’s note to claim $6,000 from the estate of another recently deceased Osage man. Agent White began to realize that the collective deaths of the Osage victims resulted in land rights being directed towards Mollie Burkhart, the wife of William Hale’s nephew Ernest. The murder victims were far from random.
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