Homeland: The Osage in Missouri is now on view at the Museum of Kansas City.
The exhibition explores the Osage people, or Ni-u-kon-ska, People of the Middle Waters. The tribe is centralized in Oklahoma, but retains spiritual and cultural connections in Missouri. “Osage history is deeply rooted in the waterways and landscapes of Missouri…Homeland: The Osage in Missouri explores and celebrates the history, heritage, worldview and cultural continuity of the Osage people,” the museum said in a statement announcing the exhibition. “Featuring materials from the museum’s collection and items loaned to the museum, this exhibition centers the Osage culture and worldview while exploring how the Osage were affected by and adapted to European settlement and industrialization.”
Installation view of Homeland: The Osage in Missouri. The exhibition includes archeological materials, clothing and drums by Jonathan Lunsford, Wendy Ponca and Jessica Moore Harjo. Photo: E.G. Schempf.
It is curated by Jimmy Lee Beason II, a citizen of the Osage Nation and professor of Indigenous and American Indian Studies at Haskell Indian Nations University. The exhibition focuses on the Osage culture and worldview while exploring how the Osage were affected by and adapted to European settlement and industrialization.
The exhibition is paired with another exhibition at the museum, Voices Now: Contemporary Native American Art. Both shows run through February 21, 2027. —
Through February 21, 2027
Homeland: The Osage in Missouri
Museum of Kansas City
3218 Gladstone Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 64123 (816) 702-7700, www.museumofkansascity.org
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