Posted on Nov 13, 2023
'Killers of the Flower Moon' is shining the spotlight on this small town and its painful history...
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Now that "Killers of the Flower Moon" is becoming a blockbuster movie, the community where many of the murders took place is wrestling with how to open up about its past.
Carol Conner knows downtown Fairfax like the back of her hand.
Her town only has 1,100 people who live there. So a few years ago, it really started catching her attention when she would see cars parked in front of the historic Tallchief Theater.
"So I would be driving down our main street, which is mostly vacant of cars, and there would be a Volvo or a Lexus. And most people here drive ranch trucks or other non luxury vehicles," Conner said.
Carol is a little extroverted, so she had no problem asking the people inside these cars where they were from.
"So I would pull up next to them and say ‘What are you doing here? Did you read the book?’ And they would say, ‘How did you know that?’ Well, duh. There's no one else on the street and you're in a Lexus from Minnesota," Conner laughed.
Carol Conner knows downtown Fairfax like the back of her hand.
Her town only has 1,100 people who live there. So a few years ago, it really started catching her attention when she would see cars parked in front of the historic Tallchief Theater.
"So I would be driving down our main street, which is mostly vacant of cars, and there would be a Volvo or a Lexus. And most people here drive ranch trucks or other non luxury vehicles," Conner said.
Carol is a little extroverted, so she had no problem asking the people inside these cars where they were from.
"So I would pull up next to them and say ‘What are you doing here? Did you read the book?’ And they would say, ‘How did you know that?’ Well, duh. There's no one else on the street and you're in a Lexus from Minnesota," Conner laughed.
'Killers of the Flower Moon' is shining the spotlight on this small town and its painful history...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Carol and her late husband Joe couldn't stop and talk to everyone, so with money from the non-profit they ran called the Fairfax Community Foundation, they decided to do something about it. So Joe Conner, an Osage citizen, created an exhibit that gave the background of who the Osage people were and what led to the murders.
The exhibit includes information about the removal of Osages from their Kansas reservation to Indian Territory; the Osage Allotment Act of 1906; and how when that was passed, many Osages were deemed incompetent to take care of their own financial affairs. It also includes information about the guardianship system and how it allowed many non-Osages to benefit off of Osage money.
Joe, who passed away in September, said he didn't want to create an exhibit about the murders, because people coming to Fairfax already had read the book. He wanted to tell people why it happened.
"What led up to it and also importantly, what was the impact of those murders on this community afterwards," he said.
Now Carol is continuing his work at the foundation."...
..."Carol and her late husband Joe couldn't stop and talk to everyone, so with money from the non-profit they ran called the Fairfax Community Foundation, they decided to do something about it. So Joe Conner, an Osage citizen, created an exhibit that gave the background of who the Osage people were and what led to the murders.
The exhibit includes information about the removal of Osages from their Kansas reservation to Indian Territory; the Osage Allotment Act of 1906; and how when that was passed, many Osages were deemed incompetent to take care of their own financial affairs. It also includes information about the guardianship system and how it allowed many non-Osages to benefit off of Osage money.
Joe, who passed away in September, said he didn't want to create an exhibit about the murders, because people coming to Fairfax already had read the book. He wanted to tell people why it happened.
"What led up to it and also importantly, what was the impact of those murders on this community afterwards," he said.
Now Carol is continuing his work at the foundation."...
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