Bacon Rind (Wah-she-hah; ''translation'' Star-That-Travels; ca. 1860 – March 28, 1932) was an Osage politician who served as Principal Chief of the

Osage Nation The Osage Nation ( ) () is a Midwestern Native American nation of the Great Plains. The tribe began in the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys around 1620 A.D along with other groups of its language family, then migrated west in the 17th cen ...

between 1912 and 1913. He also served on the assistant chief between 1904 and 1905 and served on the tribal council.

Early life

Bacon Rind was born in

Kansas Territory The Territory of Kansas was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the United States, Union as the Slave and ...

around 1860 and was relocated with the

to present-day

Osage County, Oklahoma Osage County () is the largest county by area in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Created in 1907 when Oklahoma was admitted as a state, the county is named for and is home to the federally recognized Osage Nation. The county is coextensive with t ...

in the 1870s.

Political career

Rind was a member of the Progressive Party in the Osage Nation, favored allotment, and supported the development of oil on the reservation. However, he maintained traditionalist custom and dress and was a gifted orator in the

Osage language Osage (; Osage: ''Wažáže ie'') is a Siouan language spoken by the people of the Osage Nation in northern Oklahoma. Their original territory was in the present-day Ohio River Valley, which they shared with other Siouan language nations. Slow ...

. He served as a member of the Osage Nation Tribal Council and as the assistant principal chief from 1904-1905. In 1912 he was elected Principal Chief of the Osage Nation, but in 1913 he was removed from office by Secretary of Interior Walter L. Fisher for a bribery scandal in 1906 involving an oil lease. He was replaced in office After his removal from office he served as a representative of the Osage Nation to Washington D.C. on many occasions. He died in

Pawhuska, Oklahoma Pawhuska ( Osage: 𐓄𐓘𐓢𐓶𐓮𐓤𐓘, ''hpahúska'', lit.: ''White Hair''; Chiwere: ''Paháhga'') is a city in and the county seat of Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,98 ...

on March 28, 1932.

References

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