**HAND GAME** | Hand games are vital in bringing our Osage communities together. They allow us to celebrate life and create opportunities for our people to support one another. Although hand games are not traditional for our tribe, our relationships with other tribes enable us to participate.
Thomas Jefferson planted seeds at Monticello and gave some to George Washington; now these Pecans are the oldest trees in Mount Vernon.
Lurid Sedge is also called Shallow Sedge. Lurida comes from the Latin luridus referring the yellow cast on its green foliage and seedheads.
Amphicarpaea bracteata is an annual to perennial vine in the legume family, native to woodland, thickets, and moist slopes in eastern North America.
Wild Onion prefers open, unshaded areas, where they bloom during April and May. When rainfall is sufficient, they sometimes bloom again in the fall.
The name stems from Native Americans, who called the nut "hetuck", which means "buck eye". The markings of the nut resembled the eyes of a deer.