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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

@JimGraytweetz

1 year

I was fortunate enough to get a private screening of the film, Killers of the Flower Moon earlier this month. Having been marginally released from my NDA with the premiere of the film today at Cannes, I have a few thoughts.

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1 year

How was the movie? It was excellent. Scorsese even captured some of our humor. The performances across the board were Oscar worthy, I mean it. I've never seen a movie like this before. No White Savior, nothing needed to be made up. The violence is real and the music of the Osage

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language was beautifully spoken by all of the actors especially the non-Osage actors. At some point I stopped worrying about the subtitles. But the ending. Oh man, you will not forget the ending. But you're going to have to see the film for that. My lips are sealed.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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Meanwhile here in Red State Oklahoma, a small, determined group of people in Enid Oklahoma gathered enough signatures to recall an elected White Nationalist Republican from office tonight. Sometimes, the good guys can win in the most unlikely places.

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The dignity and care for the Osage perspective was genuine and honest throughout the process and the Osage responded with the kind of passion and enthusiasm that met this historic moment.

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this painful, violent story to an international audience. It's not just my family's story, or my Tribal Nation's story, it's a story of America. Meaning, it's your story too. But in the hands of a Martin Scorsese and his team combined with an A list cast, the excitement and

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and anxiety was at an all-time high for the Osage people. But at the end of the day, many of you will only see a movie but for us, it's more, much more and that's why this movie will hit us deeper than the rest. But as an Osage with deep connections, I want to thank David Grann

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1 year

For those of us who were watching from the sidelines while our best and brightest among us auditioned, sewed, catered, painted, acted and advised the filmmakers, it's going to be hard not to feel our presence in helping to tell

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1 year

The Chief appointed representatives to consult with the filmmakers and offered up the reservation to shoot the film on location, use our language speakers, hire our folks in front and behind the camera. Cultural consultants we're brought to bring the Osage way of life to the film

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1 year

and the Late Charles Red Corn for giving Apple and Scorsese the canvas to paint this story with his vision. It was 100 years ago when John Ramsey murdered my Great-Grandfather Henry Roan and watching his murder on the screen was difficult to watch knowing my late mother lost her

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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1 year

Literally, the script was rewritten during the shutdown caused by the pandemic in 2020. This led to major changes in casting as well. These changes brought the Osage closer to the heart of the story than about the birth of the FBI.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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1 year

3) I was also adamant that our Nation speak up and engage proactively with the filmmakers and encourage them to let us help them make this film. To his credit, Scorsese did come and meet privately with descendants like me and others to hear our concerns.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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1 year

L to R, Henry Roanhorse Gray, me, James Gray

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1 year

My connection to this story is from multiple perspectives 1) being a direct descendent and namesake to Henry Roan (James Roan) is one reason me and my siblings were allowed to see it in advance. His murder in this film led the FBI to charge Hale for ordering his murder.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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1 year

2) As the former Principal Chief of the Osage Nation, (2002-2010) I had legitimate concerns that the movie industry might miss the point of the story beyond the violence, and I was fairly outspoken about it when the bidding war for the movie was going on in 2017.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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1 year

mother and her brother in a car accident shortly thereafter and she was an orphan by the end of that decade. She hardly talked about it for years but when she did, she told me I was named after her baby brother James and her grandpa Henry Roan so we will never forget him.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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that were left off the rolls for generations. I did all of this to show the world we may have been victims then but we don't live like victims today. Our people accomplished this two years before my Mom passed away in 2008.

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1 year

Years later as Chief, I focused on settling our Trust claims against the United States for mismanagement of our Mineral Estate (Reservation) and creating a new federal law that recognized our inherent sovereign right to change our form of government recognize thousands of Osages

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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1 year

If Germany can teach their students about the Holocaust, why can't Oklahoma teach about Jim Crow, Tulsa Race Massacre, the Allotment Act, Indian Boarding Schools and the Osage Reign of Terror. It's not just the history of our people who were the victims, it's your history too.

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1 year

Gov Stitt is trending. No power, no gas, 100 degree weather, people displaced in the state's second largest city. Power is not expected to be restored till Saturday. Last night the Mayor Bynum confirmed the first death due to lack of power to run a patient's ventilator.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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1 year

The whole mascot thing needs to go no matter how hard KC tries to show respect, opposing fans don't give a shit. Our names and images just don't belong in a sports environment.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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5 years

I think Joyce Vance is the best legal analyst on the tv news business. Non-political, former federal prosecutor, law professor, straight shooter and if given the chance, can kid around without losing sight of why she's there. @JoyceWhiteVance

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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9 months

I know our 15 minutes are about up, but my wife and daughters started Burning Wagons Designs and seeing Leo wearing one of their scarfs in this British Vogue photo shoot has them walking on air right now. Lily looks stunning in this photo promoting Killers of the Flower Moon.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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2 years

I know things are crazy in Oklahoma and I've seen many posts about leaving. As an indigenous person in this state, I beg you all to stay, organize, vote, run, support candidates offering a different vision. Native people faced worse times than this, we aren't moving again. Stay

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10 months

The murder of Anna Brown triggered the Osage Reign of Terror as depicted in the book/movie Killers of the Flower Moon and The Tulsa Race Massacre in May of 1923 were literally 40 miles apart and during the same week. Both events are currently fighting to be included in OK history

The Black Wall Street Times

@TheBWSTimes

10 months

“I just think that there’s a shared history there, and I think it’s our time to do a reset and put this in perspective and get this back in our school books,” Former Osage Nation Chief Jim Gray told The Black Wall St. Times. #killersoftheflowermoon

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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10 months

To my Oklahoma friends on here, MSNBC just teased the next story before going to break. Yes, OK is going to make national news for bringing in PragerU to our classrooms. Here's a hint: It's not a compliment.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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1 year

Henry Roan, my great-grandfather. One of the principal victims depicted in the book, Killers of the Flower Moon. Now being made into a major motion picture. #Killersoftheflowermoon

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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4 months

I don't think folks outside of Indian country can really appreciate what Lily Gladstone's nomination for Best Actress in the Oscars means to us.

IllumiNative

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4 months

Good luck, @lily_gladstone ! Students from Ms. Burd's first-grade Blackfeet immersion class at Stamiksiitsiikin (Bullshoe) Elementary share a special message for the first Native American #Oscars nominee for Best Actress. #KillersOfTheFlowerMoon #OurStoriesOurVoices

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2 years

I'm a former tribal leader of the Osage Nation and I know I have no authority to represent my tribe, but I totally endorse Joy Hofmeister for Governor of Oklahoma.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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1 year

@gtconway3d Mocking the reporter with disabilities before a rally of supporters. It showed me a person lacking in empathy, morals, and character. Lost me right then.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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2 months

As Chief of the Osage Nation, I enjoyed sovereign immunity as long as I acted in the authority of the position I held. If I stepped out of that authority, sovereign immunity would not protect me. Same applies to Presidents.

Acyn

@Acyn

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Trump: Presidential immunity is imperative or you practically won’t have a country anymore

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3 years

@Acyn I haven't heard of one prominent Democrat question or rail against the vaccines. That's why the press isn't asking them the questions they're asking Republicans.

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2 years

@TheRickWilson There's no Mason-Dixon line in this Civil War. It exists in each and every one of our hearts and heads.

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4 months

@SymoneDSanders He's doing excellent on the stand, so much for badgering an old man into saying something they can exploit. This guy is a pro and a legend.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

@JimGraytweetz

3 years

@Acyn The only reason she's freaking out because Milley's comments were too effective. You watch, she's going to dedicate every night's programming to destroy this man's reputation.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

@JimGraytweetz

6 months

Lily Gladstone, you did it girl!

Meta AC - Ask Anything

@AC_NoChill

6 months

She wins!!!! @lily_gladstone takes home the #GoldenGlobes !!! The chills!!!! 😭😭😭😭

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5 months

@Angry_Staffer Is there going to be a deal on the border and funding for Ukraine?

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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1 year

CORRECTION: It was a respirator not a ventilator.

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1 year

Did you know the first acknowledged murder in the Osage Reign of Terror and the Tulsa Race Massacre occurred in the same week?

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3 years

@MalcolmNance Thou shalt not have strange Gods before me. Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth. (Exodus 20:3-4)

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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1 year

My daughter Naomi and her friend beautifully dressed at the Osage ceremonials last nigh

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10 months

@MikeSington When was the last time a hurricane hit southern CA? I don't live there, so I seriously don't know.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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2 months

Let's make #JimThorpe trend today. Who's with me?

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1 year

@FrankFigliuzzi1 @FrankFigliuzzi1 you're going to love the way the movie ends.

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@RadioFreeTom Me and Miss Kitty in her later years. She passed about a year ago, she was my companion for 20 years.

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Alex Wagner Tonight

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3 months

BREAKING: Judd Blevins, who attended the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been recalled from the Enid, Oklahoma City Council.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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8 months

Osage singers warming up the audience. Osage’s are definitely getting the red carpet treatment here in LA at the premier of #Killersoftheflowemoon

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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2 months

Good morning, President Biden is going to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jim Thorpe posthumously.

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@JimGraytweetz

3 years

@therecount I don't know what's worse, what he said or that FOX News aired it.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

@JimGraytweetz

5 months

For those of you sitting on the fence about this guy hoping at some point he'll finally stop this nonsense and be normal, let today's announcement be a reminder that he's only going to get worse. What they did to that librarian in Tulsa caused multiple bomb threats and closures.

Gregory Hardin II

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5 months

What in the fuck.

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1 year

A reporter for a London newspaper came to my hometown in NE Oklahoma to interview me because of my tweet. In what world does any part of that sentence make sense?

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

@JimGraytweetz

1 year

Shannon Shaw-Duty of the Osage News writes this REVIEW: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ and the strength of Indigenous women via @osagenews

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@JimGraytweetz

4 months

I've heard many Oklahomans say this about the Tulsa Race Massacre and the Osage Reign of Terror as depicted in the movie Killers of the Flower Moon.

Etan Thomas

@etanthomas36

4 months

Tom Hanks discusses never being taught about the Tulsa Massacre

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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3 years

@Acyn It's not that I'm surprised Laura tries to discredit the Capitol officers, just like she tried to discredit Milley. I'm surprised that FOX actually broadcast their testimony this morning. Probably the first time some of their viewers seen the footage of the attack on our capitol.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

@JimGraytweetz

10 months

Wishing my son, Henry Roanhorse Gray a happy 30th birthday. He's holding a photo of his Great-Great Grandfather Henry Roan who was a victim of the Osage Reign of Terror in the 1920s. He was interviewed in CNN's Docuseries; THIS IS LIFE with Lisa Ling on this topic in 2021.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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2 years

In a 12-0 vote, the Osage Nation Congress is calling for a complete repeal of OK HB 1775.

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2 years

@RonFilipkowski 17 U.S. Intelligence agencies confirmed Russian interference in our elections. You sided with Putin. Thanks for the reminder.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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1 year

Tulsa World broke a story last night about the State Educ. dept not writing grants or spending the money they already got or signing contracts to close out the grants they do have. After he told legislators just the opposite the other day. Q: What are they going to do about it?

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2 years

@SykesCharlie This is what happens when you fail a cult's loyalty test. If they cannot control you, they have no use for you.

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2 years

@Acyn Helsinki press conference. That's all I have to say.

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@JimGraytweetz

8 months

‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Bares Horrors Perpetrated On The Osage: How That Attention Could Help A Tribe Reclaim Land & Fortunes That Were Taken Under Murky Circumstances via @Deadline

‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Bares Horrors Perpetrated On The Osage: How That Attention Could Help...

The story of systemic racism and economic stranglehold caught Hollywood’s attention when galleys of Killers of the Flower Moon were circulated.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

@JimGraytweetz

5 months

The Osage people are holding up incredibly well during this moment we have in the spotlight. Proud, humble and determined to set the record straight, not so much for your benefit, but for our own.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

@JimGraytweetz

10 months

The murder of Anna Brown triggered the Osage Reign of Terror as depicted in the book/movie Killers of the Flower Moon and The Tulsa Race Massacre in May of 1921 were literally 40 miles apart and during the same week. Both events are currently fighting to be included in OK history

The Black Wall Street Times

@TheBWSTimes

10 months

“I just think that there’s a shared history there, and I think it’s our time to do a reset and put this in perspective and get this back in our school books,” Former Osage Nation Chief Jim Gray told The Black Wall St. Times. #killersoftheflowermoon

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

@JimGraytweetz

5 months

My wife works in the area of missing and murdered indigenous relatives/domestic violence. I knew it was bad in OK, didn’t know we were #1

Daily Mail Online

@MailOnline

5 months

States with the largest numbers of missing persons revealed - and why Ohio is NOT among them

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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2 years

@BrandyZadrozny He made hundreds of millions of dollars selling this lie, now he has to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the people he lied about. #justice

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3 years

@RadioFreeTom "Our Own Worst Enemy" by Carla Nichols' friend Tom.

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1 year

@nathaliejacoby1 Northern California touring the Redwoods. It was so beautiful and quiet. Never felt more at peace by just being in a place.

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1 year

@7Veritas4 On a scale of 1 being completely off the mark and 10 being spot on. How would you rate the press coverage of your investigations?

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1 year

I don't care how dysfunctional things get in Oklahoma; Tribes are not moving.

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1 year

After two days there is still no state of emergency declared by officials with the government. Meanwhile hundreds of thousands of people are without power with damage to their homes and businesses in 100-degree weather. This is unacceptable!

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

@JimGraytweetz

2 years

@PoliticusSarah @AOC She could have answered it this way. "Maybe I could ask you the same question, what's the point of having to swear them in during their confirmation hearing if there are no consequences for not telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, before their creator?"

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@JimGraytweetz

4 months

I am without words

trivikramkavuri

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4 months

@SAGawards @netflix @lily_gladstone Lily Gladstone acceptance speech at SAG Awards for Best Actress

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

@JimGraytweetz

11 months

Who was there before there was a state of Oklahoma? Oh yes, it was the Tribal Nations. Who was there after the State of Oklahoma? Oh yes, it was the Tribal Nations. We have a different story, history, a relationship with the US that predates the US and European contact.

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2 years

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: 101 years ago today, this happened 20 miles south of where I live.

Smithsonian’s NMAAHC

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2 years

#OnThisDay in 1921, the deadliest racial massacre in U.S. history began in the thriving Greenwood African American community of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Black Wall Street in Tulsa, OK was destroyed by a racist mob. #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory

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@DetroitSteel_ My late uncle was a veteran from the Korean War. This Green Beret wouldn't even allow a toy gun to be pointed at someone.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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3 years

@Amy_Siskind A new found and abiding appreciation for front line essential workers. I will never forget the role they played in maintaining our way of life. This list includes all EMS, farmers, meat processors, truck drivers, postal workers, (UPS, FedEx, Amazon etc.) and a host of others.

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1 year

I love Katie Porter.

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serious Fox News reporter Hillary Vaughn to Katie Porter: "[Biden] had to take off work for a root canal. Do you think he has the stamina for a second term?" Porter: "Have you ever had a root canal?"

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1 year

@wtroyc Took a few days, but if a little complaining helped, then I'm not sorry.

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2 years

@NoLieWithBTC I don't think this stunt is going to have the effect they think it will.

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2 years

@TheRickWilson She only came under fire from Trump when she fired the attorney, he paid to defend her. It's not an accident or coincidence they are trying to destroy her credibility now. They hired her, they promoted her. Probably the most credible witness yet.

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@evanvucci I'm sure this picture will infuriate his critics, but I don't care, I love it. He is exactly the President we need right now.

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2 years

@lmresists @alfranken I miss Al Franken in the Senate. But I'm glad he gets asked to come on shows like this.

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@JaneotN Sarah Cooper doing Trump's presser when he talks about injecting bleach to cure Covid. "Knocks it right out".

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8 months

I’ll be at the historic Circle Cinema in Tulsa with my family on the 19th. Osages unite for screenings of 'Killers of the Flower Moon' across the country - Osage News

Osages unite for screenings of 'Killers of the Flower Moon' across the country - Osage News

Special Showings, charity events, and Osage organizations foster sense of togetherness

osagenews.org

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This fine Progressive, musician, and all around cool Osage guy is picking up his diploma at Oklahoma State University today. Yeah, I'm a proud Dad today. #Classof2022 .

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10 months

@PostLeftWatch If there was one celebrity who is in more desperate need for the writers' strike to come to an end it's Bill Maher. His unscripted hot takes over the past couple of months have lost him so many viewers, he's entered the Dennis Miller zone.

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We, this is a first. Went to vote here in Skiatook, Oklahoma and they told me there was nothing for a registered Democrat to vote on today. #lifeina1PartyState

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2 years

@JoJoFromJerz She called a press conference (and the media showed up) to scold the media for not covering her.

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2 years

@CherokeeNation I know a lot of Cherokees who are registered Republicans. Please this one time, think of your tribe before you think of your party before you vote.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

@JimGraytweetz

7 months

I was honored to have lunch with @lily_gladstone , because she wanted to learn about my wife's organization, @NOISEisPower which focuses on MMIR and DV in Indian Country. Lily Gladstone on Why Native Representation in Hollywood Is a ‘Legacy of Survival’

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3 years

@BeschlossDC The Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan (more commonly known as Mexico City) as well as Cahokia and Mound City (more commonly known as St. Louis)

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Since the movie Killers of the Flower Moon has been released, more people have been exposed to Osage music, language and culture than any time in human history.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

@JimGraytweetz

2 years

@nytimes It's no different from walking into private restaurant with no shirt and no shoes or starting a fight in a bar or yelling Fire! in a crowded theater. Even those places don't have five strikes and you're out policy. They show you the door after the first strike.

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1 year

The Tribal Regalia Bill was vetoed by Governor Stitt, has been overridden by the Oklahoma Senate, now it goes to the House for consideration. Note: The session ends tomorrow. This bill would protect Native graduates in wearing things like an eagle feather on their caps.

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@CindyNguyenOK

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SB 429, the tribal regalia protection bill passed the senate for a veto override 42-3. It needs to go back to the house to finally pass. Sen. Standridge, Pederson, and Newhouse all voted no on protecting Indigenous students.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

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I'm not going to pretend to be objective, but I truly believe @lily_gladstone is going to be a star whether she wins the Oscar or not. She's handled herself so well in the last few months and she's been recognized for her acting and her advocacy for the art, the artists and us.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

@JimGraytweetz

1 year

L to R, Muscogee, Cherokee, Seminole, Choctaw and Chickasaw. Please correct me if I got any of this wrong.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

@JimGraytweetz

2 months

I think Anthony Bourdain saw the world, not as he thought he wanted it to be, but as it is. And it broke his heart.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

@JimGraytweetz

11 months

With everything happening in education circles around the country and in Oklahoma, I'm reposting this one from last year.

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

@JimGraytweetz

8 months

To be honest, I've done more press in the last 2 months than I have in 8 years as Chief of the Osage Nation. But public interest in the Osage story is more intense than ever. Margie Burkhart, David Grann and I are interviewed. via @CBSNews

Author David Grann talks book "Killers of The Flower Moon"

Martin Scorsese's latest film "Killers of the Flower Moon" is based on David Grann's non-fiction book. Grann investigated the century-old crimes and suspicious deaths of Indigenous people in Osage...

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Jim Gray (The former Chief)

@JimGraytweetz

8 months

I did a podcast recently where I expressed a similar sentiment regarding the question of whether, "Is this the story the Osages would have told? Probably not". But this movie has definitely raised the bar for movie making with Indigenous themes.

The Hollywood Reporter

@THR

8 months

At the film’s premiere, Osage language consultant Christopher Cote shares his complicated feelings about #KillersOfTheFlowerMoon

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