Louis F. Burns

Louis Francis Burns was an American historian, author, and teacher, a leading expert on the history, mythology and culture of the Osage Nation. Burns wrote more than a dozen books and scholarly works on the Osage people. In 2002 he was inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame.

Burns was born on January 2, 1920, in Elgin, Kansas, to Robert Lee and Bessie Burns. His mother, Bessie, an Osage allottee, was a member of the prominent Tinker family, whose history Burns chronicled in his 1980 book, Turn of the Wheel. Through her, Burns was descended from the Little BearStrike Axe band of Little Osages, and was a member of the tribes Mottled Eagle Clan. His Osage name was Hulah Kiheka , and he became a member of the In Lon Schka Society. Burns was raised on a cattle ranch within the Osage Nation.

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