70 pages 2 hours read

David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

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Essay Topics

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Compare the history of white settlers pushing the Osage tribe further west to the forced Cherokee migration now known as the “Trail of Tears.” How are these cases similar? How are they different?

2.

How did the Bureau’s approach to the Osage Reign of Terrors Grann work to overturn public opposition to a national police force?

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Consider the influence of Prohibition on the economic factors surrounding the Osage Reign of Terror. How did the culture of criminality that Prohibition developed intersect with what happened to the Osage people?