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Let ns rain Ma BE eats ane of 160 acres ns 4 jnonestead, whieh vos suppiomented au oth RE To rive: an iden of the woulth of the. Osage Indians in former eo ”" times og comparcd with the larre rmounts of moncy received by than citer 3 - oo p11 ~us struck on the reservution, tho folloring net pcr capita puymeat to ench Osige Indian antitled toe rocoive incombd fron the common fund is: - set out: _. ee oo : er it ‘Net Por Capitc Distribution 1880 $s 10.50 per. year . . 1900: « ‘ a 200.00 5 .. por yeur Bt - 391lo .- ; : 250.00 -:A.4 per yorr | el, 1915 £21.31 per yerur 1920 * 8,090.00 per yeor ‘ 192k '(the your of . ep Ra ‘the first “os am a 7 murder) 8,600.00 per your , : 1923 (the yenr of four murders) 12,400.00 por your | To give un ndditionnl iden of the enormous vonlth of the denges | ‘tribe at this pariod of timc, this tribe, consisting of cpproidmicly Bion Indians who enjoyed head rights since th: discovery of oll on tho rusoryt- . tion until June 30, 1951, scre paid « tot\el nut revenues of $241,546 280 82, in eddition to various othur cxpondituros made in their behalf. Ths t#ibnl officers of the Osage Indirns ure cleeted every treo years, snd consist of a Chicf rnd Assistant Chicf, snd of n Pribel Couneil - of sight. - acne . vrtificates of campotency vor) issucd *o Indi:nns docmed to hi “ able to handle thoir orm finnneinl offuirs, the recipicnts being permittca ' to dispose of their hend rights and ellotted lend holdings ns they sav fit. ao . he number of actunl producing ofl rells on th. reserw.ticn rs oa : Juno. 3S, 1920, wos 5,859, and had incre:sod to 8,579 a of Juno 20, 1928... us Preetically nll of the lend contained in tho reserv.tion is lersed for oil or a natural gos production purposas, a “ar Distribution of the funds to the Osnec Indi:ns diffirci se “that of other tribes in tht a common pool was mede of 11) ourn is 1% bie fromthe torri tery vhich cns divided «mong nll the Indiens cf whe Ten tied to cllc‘ment rights, vhich at no tims during ths lost des Sotelcd moro then 70 «thousend. ,