When it comes to money, it seems the powerful would rather have more than contribute to the betterment of society. Many times, those seeking wealth push those in their way aside without regard to what the consequences are. On this episode, the BTC gals tell you two of these tales.
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Research links here!:
NPR – “Largely Forgotten Osage Murders Reveal A Conspiracy Against Wealthy Native Americans”
PBS – “The forgotten murders of the Osage people for the oil beneath their land”
FBI – “Osage Indian Murders”
“Killers of the Flower Moon: The Oasage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” by David Grann (Amazon)
BBC News – “The murder investigation that made the FBI” (Youtube)
CBS News – “Revisiting the ‘Reign of Terror’ on the Osage Nation”
The Osage Nation – “Wahzhazhe Cultural Center”
FBI – “History: Murder and Mayhem in the Osage Hills”
Wikipedia – “Westray Mine”
CBC – “Westray remembered: explosion killed 26 N.S. coal miners in 1992”
Museum of Industry – “Westray Mine Explosion, Plymouth, 1992”
Nova Scotia Canada – “The Westray Story: A Predictable Path to Disaster”
Canada: Department of Justice – “Criminal liability for workplace deaths and injuries-Background on the the Westray Law”