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The Inlonshka, has been an important part of Osage life since 1884. The four-day ceremony is celebrated in each Osage district every year in June. This photograph by Vince Dillon shows Osage dancers from the Grayhorse district in 1912 in front of the old roundhouse.

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An important component of the June dances are the bells such as those worn by the following men seated under the dance arbor, L-R: Ed Beartrack, Francis Drexil, Jamison Bear Jr., Harold West, Clem Mason, Archie Mason, Ed Red Eagle.

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The following real photo postcard depicts four Osage women and a young child from around 1910. The woman second from the right was Louise Tuman, wife of Chief Black Dog.

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Allottee #29 Herman McCarthy. He was full blood Osage and was born on January 1, 1881 and died on November 10, 1939. In this photograph from left to right is Wah-to-sah (Martha Neal McCarthy DeRoin, Allottee #417), Herman McCarthy (Allottee #29), Unknown

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Charles Mashunkashey (Allottee #2191). Mashunkashey was a Worshipful Master of the Wah-Sha-She Lodge 110 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. He is the only full-blood Indian to be honored with a Knights of the York Cross of Honor.

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