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Candied squash is considered and Osage delicacy. Traditionally Osages prefer brass kettles to cook the squash. The squash is cut into pieces and placed in the kettle with butter and sugar then placed on the fire to cook. Squash is shaken and not stirred to prevent the squash from sticking.

A crowd favorite! Chicken and dumplings are made by boiling chicken and using the broth from the chicken to make the dumplings. The dumplings are a biscuit dough type mixture made from flour, eggs, and chicken broth.

To carry on Osage cooking traditions is an honor. Food is life-giving and brings blessings to family and friends. We hope you enjoy listening to what cooking means to these Osage women.

cook, prepare (e.g., food) | 𐓂𐒹𐓂͘

A recording of Osage elder Leroy Logan speaking on the importance of the Osage Language. Have you checked out the new Osage Language Dictionary? Click here and dive in! 

Frybread is a staple of most Tribes, and none more-so than with the Osage. Join Celena Noear as she shows the process of making this famously delicious food.

bread | 𐓏𐒰𐓊𐓎𐒷

piece of bread of any kind | 𐓏𐒰𐓊𐓎𐒷

You may hear other tribes call this dish “steam fry,” but we call this staple of Osage cuisine “meat gravy.” Every family’s recipe may differ slightly, but one thing will always remain the same – this simple, yet delicious dish is possibly the best friend fry bread ever had. A special thank you to lifelong Osage cook Bonnie Pratt for sharing her delicious recipe with all of us.

meat | ??

mixed, as bread with meat | ??͘??

Grape Dumplings are considered a true Osage traditional dessert, although we're not sure that they were always so sweet! Grape dumplings are a sweet treat served in small portions at Osage dinners. The Osage Nation is very thankful for Osage Cook Marjorie Williams for sharing her famous recipe.

grape | 𐒹𐒰𐓒𐓎

dumplings made of wheat flour or corn flour | 𐓏𐒰𐓊𐓎𐒷 𐓍𐓎𐒴𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰

Gather the family and enjoy “Coyote and the Ant” for a lesson about life and language.

Keeping Osage culture alive through our traditional ribbon work is special and unique, and many Osages view ribbon work as art.

ribbon | 𐒹𐒰𐒴𐒷𐒼𐒰