Ed Smith Oral History

Ed Smith Oral History

Osage Nation

Colonialism

Spiritual traditions

Boarding schools

Removal and relocation

Native American

Cultural revitalizaiton

Oral history with Ed Smith conducted by Nicki Joy Karstens in Lawrence, Kansas in November 2018. This interview is conducted with Ed Smith, a member of the Osage Nation. Beason discusses the impacts of colonialism, including removal and the boarding school system, on Osage spiritual practices as well as current language and cultural revitalization movements in the Osage Nation. 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

Ed Smith