OSAGEMedia

Documentary Series

HerStory

Women whose witness was decisive — and routinely written out — in the histories of their nations. A joint production of Osage Media and the CYRUS / PARS ecosystem, in association with the Osage Foundation and the Osage Institute.

  1. ILa Panthère Noirein production

    HIH Princess Ashraf Pahlavi (1919–2016)

    Twin sister of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. In July 1946, she traveled to Moscow and faced Joseph Stalin at the Kremlin in defense of Iranian sovereignty. She was called "La Panthère Noire" — fierce, outspoken, never indifferent to Iran's fate.

  2. IITallchiefin research

    Maria Tallchief (1925–2013)

    Wazhazhe of Fairfax. Prima ballerina, founding star of New York City Ballet, founder of Chicago City Ballet. The first major American prima ballerina, and a daughter of Osage County in the years after the headright murders.

  3. IIIMolliein research

    Mollie Burkhart Kyle (1886–1937)

    Wazhazhe of Gray Horse. Survivor of the Reign of Terror; one of the principal witnesses whose testimony, with the FBI investigation, finally broke the conspiracy.

  4. IVThe Tinker Womenin research

    Madeline Doyle Tinker, Sarah Schwagerte Tinker, and the daughters of Pawhuska

    The wives, mothers, and sisters who built the Tinker household around the General — Madeline of Halifax, who married him in Waikiki in 1913; his mother Sarah; his sister Genevieve; and his sister Villa, the "Biddy" who never let go of the phrase "my brother the general."

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