The murders of her Osage relatives for their oil wealth still reverberate in the life of Margie Burkhart, granddaughter of a central character in the new movie.
Margie Burkhart, who lives in Tahlequah, Okla., is the granddaughter of Mollie Burkhart, an Osage Nation member whose siblings and mother were among dozens murdered for their oil wealth during the 1920s. The family tragedy is at the center of the movie “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Margie Burkhart can’t remember a time when she didn’t know about the murders.
The profits poured into the Osage coffers and from there flowed to the tribal members in quarterly checks. In 1923 alone, Grann writes, the tribe took in more than $30 million, which in today’s dollars would be worth more than $535 million.Tribal members, some of whom had a flair for fashion and a penchant for fine cars, became the target of White American envy.
James began drinking as a teenager and drank to excess through most of Margie’s childhood. When Margie and her sister were in primary school, he would take them to a bar outside of town, where the girls would “I think all of that contributed to why he was such a hard man,” she said. “I guess that was his way of coping.”
As she grew older, Margie watched television airings of “The FBI Story,” a 1959 movie starring Jimmy Stewart that showcased the murders. She
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