Henry Roan | |
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Born | E-Stah-mo-sah Osage Nation, Indian Territory, U.S. |
Died | Osage County, Oklahoma, U.S. | February 6, 1923
Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
Citizenship | Osage Nation |
Education | Carlisle Indian Industrial School |
Spouse |
Henry Roan or E-Stah-mo-sah was an Osage man murdered on February 6, 1923, 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).