The Oklahoma Bar Journal May 2024

OSAGE REIGN OF TERROR: CURRENT EXHIBIT AT FEDERAL JUDICIAL LEARNING CENTER AND MUSEUM IN OKLAHOMA CITY

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A current exhibit at the Judicial Learning Center and Museum in Oklahoma City on the federal murder trials of two men who were charged with killing Osage Indians in the early 1920s was the feature of a December seminar and exhibit opening. The exhibit is open to the public through November 2024. This exhibit, titled “The Osage Reign of Terror: The Untold Legal History,” is presented by the Historical Society of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma and tracks the murders of wealthy Osage From left Judge Amanda Green, Judge Suzanne Mitchell, Arvo Mikkanen, Judge Janice Loyd and Carmelita Shinn attend the exhibit's opening reception at the Federal Judicial Learning Center.

tribal members, the arrival of agents with the Bureau of Investigation who investigated and the federal prosecutors who charged William K. Hale and John Ramsey with a number of the murders. The exhibit provides an accurate and thorough legal history of the federal trials that followed the Osage Reign of Terror, particularly the 1926 Oklahoma City trial that took place in one of the historic courtrooms in the museum. The featured events are the topic of the book and movie of the same name, Killers of the Flower Moon . The museum, formerly a U.S. Post Office building and a courthouse, is located at 215 Dean A. McGee Ave. in Oklahoma City. For more information on the exhibit or to schedule a guided tour, visit www.wdokhistory.org or contact Executive Director Leigh Wedge by email at leigh@fjlcm.org or text at 405-697-6117.

Osage Wedding Jacket, on display as part of this exhibit. This wedding jacket is on loan from the White Hair Memorial in Osage County.

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