For the first time ever, many people around the world heard the Osage language on live television during the broadcast of the 96th Academy Awards. Composer Scott George’s (Osage) celebratory song “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” had never been written down before being submitted for nomination. The lyrics repeated again and again “Wahzhazhe no-zhin te-tha-bey / Wa-kon-da they-tho gah-ka-bey,” translate to “Osages, stand and be recognized / God made it for us.” “Our songs make people come toget

𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷 𐒻𐒷 | The Osage people are part of the Dhegihan subgroup, which also includes the Ponca, Omaha, Kaw, and Quapaw. The tribes share many commonalities in language, culture, and oral traditions that reveal a past relationship within an ancestral group. Today, the tribes continue to maintain a variety of connections and more formally acknowledge their language relationship at an annual gathering for the purpose of language preservation. You can also participate in our language preserva