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Henry Roan

Henry Roan
Roan c. 1900
Born
E-Stah-mo-sah

1881[1]
DiedFebruary 6, 1923(1923-02-06) (aged 41–42)
Cause of deathGunshot wound
CitizenshipOsage Nation
EducationCarlisle Indian Industrial School
Spouse
(divorced)
Addie James
(death)
Mary Bunch
(death)

Henry Roan or E-Stah-mo-sah (1881 — February 6/8, 1923) was an Osage man murdered during the Osage Indian murders. William King Hale was convicted as the mastermind of the most notorious of these murders—that of Roan. His murder led to the U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Ramsey (1926).

William Belleau portrayed Roan in the 2023 film Killers of the Flower Moon.


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