In the 1920s, a series of murders in Osage County brought the attention of the fledgling Bureau of Investigation. The people being killed were all Osage tribal members, and all of them wealthy from the mineral rights they held over the Osage tribal lands, which at the time were rich with oil. Killers of the Flower Moon details several of the murders, the many failed investigations, and the finally successful investigation that led to the conviction of one of the more notorious killers. While doing that, the book also shows how the prejudices of the era (some that are sadly still with us) impacted generations of the Osage. This is a fascinating historical true crime book, well worth a read, and I'm kicking myself for not reading it before now.
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