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It's Personal
I’m 55 years old. I’m one-fourth Osage and I was born and raised
the first 5 years of my life on the Osage Reservation in Pawhuska,
Oklahoma. My first home was that of my Great, Great Grandmother,
Grandma Big Eagle. Just prior to turning 6 my family and I moved
up on what was then known as Dial Hill. Our new home was that of
my Great Grandfather, Ben Mashunkashey.
Family Photos
First delegation of Osage Indians -
Lawrence, Kansas - 1873
Front row: Osage Captain, Strike Ax., Mo-Shon-Ko-She and Lame
Doctor. Middle Row: Taw-Wan-Ge-He, Ke-Neu-In-Ka, Kon-Se-Ah-Le,
Ne-Kah-Ke-Pa-Ne, and George Beaver. Back Row: Sam Bevenue,
White Hair, Saucy Chief, No-Pa-Wala, Superintendent Hoag, Che-To-Pa,
Big Elk, I.T. Gibson, US. Indian Agent.
Great, Great, Grandfather (Front row, third from the left)
Mo-Shon-Ko-She, Full Blood Osage
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Great Grandfather - Ben Mashunkashey
Full Blood Osage
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l-lon-shka Centennial
1884-1984
A plaque was unveiled which read,
“100 years l-Lon-shka Centennial – 1884-1984.
Commemorating the hundredth Anniversary of the
acceptance of the l-Lon-Shka from the Kaw Indian Tribe
to the Osage Indian Tribe, Pawuska District – 1884- Drum
Keeper-Ben Mashunkashey, 1984-Drum Keeper – Samuel
Lookout” |
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Grandfather - Charles Mashunkashey
(1904-1969)
Full Blood Osage
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Dad - Bill Mashunkashey, Sr.
One half Osage (Approximately 15 years old)
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Dad - Bill Mashunkashey, Sr.
86 years old April 10, 2009
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