The Deaths of Sybil Bolton: An American History

The Osages were not your typical Indians; in fact, they were the richest ethnic group in America at the time - they built mansions, rode in limousines, and sent their children to finishing schools in Europe and Ivy League universities. Their land sat atop one of the largest oil fields in North America, and the revenues from what one historian called their "underground reservation" provided each Osage Indian with an annual income equivalent to more than a million dollars today.