Fred Lookout | |
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Principal chief of the Osage Nation | |
In office June 30, 1924 – August 28, 1949 | |
Preceded by | Paul Red Eagle |
In office 1916–1918 | |
In office 1913–1914 | |
Preceded by | Bacon Rind |
Assistant principal chief of the Osage Nation | |
In office 1908–1910 | |
Member of the Osage Nation tribal council | |
In office 1920–1922 | |
Personal details | |
Born | ca. 1861 or November 1865 Osage Mission's post |
Died | August 28, 1949 (age 87-88) |
Citizenship | Osage Nation |
Fred Lookout (ca. 1861 – 1949) was an Osage Nation politician who served several terms as the principal chief of the nation. Lookout served as principal chief three times: 1913–1914, 1916–1918, and from 1924 until his death in 1949.
Born near Independence, Kansas in Osage territory, he attended the Carlisle Indian Industrial School and was removed with his tribe to present-day Osage County, Oklahoma. He became active in tribal politics in the 1900s, serving as the assistant chief of the Osage Nation between 1908 and 1910 and on the Osage Nation tribal council between 1920 and 1922. He died in office while serving as the principal chief of the nation in 1949.