A lost film based on the 'Reign of Terror', a real-life series of several dozen murders committed against the Osage people. 'Tragedies of the Osage Hills' was directed by James Young Deer, the first known Native American film director, and boasted a cast of “hundreds of real Indians.” Described as a dramatic thriller interwoven with a “tender love story”, the film’s premiere in Cushing, Oklahoma occurred just months after the arrest of Ernest Burkhart, the subject of Martin Scorsese’s similarly themed 2023 film 'Killers of the Flower Moon'. The 'Cushing Daily Citizen' described 'Tragedies of the Osage Hills' as having a fictitious ending of the Osage and white men united under an American flag.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Thompson Moving Picture Corporation
Keywords
- native american
- native american reservation
- lost film
- osage indian
- native
- lost
- american indian
- osage
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Top Cast
Lillian A. King as Prairie Flower
Walt Nayler as A federal officer
Kate Spencher as Bootlegger
Toodles as
Top Crew
James Young Deer · Director
Frank L. Thompson · Producer
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