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Oil and Blood: The Osage Murders

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

CHAPTER

Guardianship and Exploitation: The Osage Experience

This chapter examines the oppressive history of guardianship over the Osage people, revealing how systemic racism labeled full-blooded Native Americans as incapable of handling their own affairs. It contrasts the experiences of different individuals, particularly focusing on Molly, whose circumstances provided a rare reprieve from widespread financial manipulation and deceit.

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