Jimmy Beason Oral History

Jimmy Beason Oral History

Osage Nation

Colonialism

Spiritual traditions

Boarding schools

Removal and relocation

Native American

Oral history with Jimmy Beason, II conducted by Nicki Joy Karstens in Lawrence, Kansas in November 2018. This interview is conducted with Jimmy Beason, a member of the Osage Nation. Beason discusses the impacts of colonialism, including removal and the boarding school system, on Osage spiritual practices. This interview was conducted for the Religion in Kansas Project as part of semester-long internship with the University of Kansas Department of Religious Studies.

Religion in Kansas Project

Department of Religious Studies, University of Kansas

November 2018

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Nicki Joy Karstens

Jimmy Beason