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James Weigant

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James Weigant (Osage) is an award-winning author, historian and collector. Born and raised in Pawhuska, he grew up immersed in Osage history. A lifelong stamp collector, he now uses old letters and postcards to document Osage history through a different lens. Weigant was given the OKPEX 2024 Gordon Bleuler Award for his postal history exhibit titled, History of the Osage Indian Reservation as Told Through Its Post Offices: 1876-1976. The Arizona and New Mexico Postal History Society awarded him Article of the Year 2022 for the story, French, New Mexico: From Hype to Dust. He is the 2016 recipient of the American Philatelic Society Nicolas G. Carter Award for outstanding service to the hobby. He is a member of the Oklahoma Postal History Society, the Royal Philatelic Society London, and a life member of the American Philatelic Society. James and his wife Katie make their home in Bartlesville with their two children. Katie is an RN and Diabetes Program Coordinator at the Wahzhazhe Health Center and James provides contract firefighting support to the Osage Nation Wildland Fire Department.

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The Osage, Gray Horse, and Killers of the Flower Moon

by James Weigant February 7, 2025 0

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in the Winter 2024 edition of La Posta and is republished with permission. At European contact, Father Jacques... Read more.