Person:Rita Kyle (1)

Watchers
  1. Anna Kyle1886 - 1921
  2. Mollie Kyle1886 - 1937
  3. Minnie Kyle1889 - 1918
  4. Rita Kyle1891 - 1923
Facts and Events
Name Rita Kyle
Alt Name[3][4][5] Wah-shah-shah _____
Alt Name[3] Reta _____
Married Name[7] Rita Smith
Gender Female
Birth[2][3] 23 Nov 1891 Osage, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage to William E. Smith
Death[3][7] 10 Mar 1923 Fairfax, Osage, Oklahoma, United Statesdied when Smith home was blown up
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References
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    23 Oct 2023.
    Oklahoman (Newspaper) Take a look at the historical people depicted in 'Killers of the Flower Moon'
    Brandy McDonnell

  2. ME-SE-moie (Rita Kyle Miles), in United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Approved roll of Osage Indians in Oklahoma, 1921. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976).

    born 11-23-1891
    Big Hill Band
    full Indian

    Note: Based on census records (including an 1894 one cited at Find A Grave), this list appears to have confused Me-se-moie (Minnie) with her sister Wah-shah-she (Rita).

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Reta Kyle Smith, in Find A Grave.
  4. 1907, in Bureau of Indian Affairs. Indian census rolls, 1885-1940. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1965).

    Wah-shah-she (Rita Kyle), age 16

  5. 1908, in Bureau of Indian Affairs. Indian census rolls, 1885-1940. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1965).

    Wah-shah-she (Rita Kyle), age 17

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    Muskogee Times Democrat 27 Jan 1926 - image

  7. 7.0 7.1 .

    Tulsa World
    Sun, Jan 20, 1929 ·Page 6

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    https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=OS005
    Oklahoma Historical Society
    The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
    OSAGE MURDERS

  9.   .

    The Osage "Reign of Terror" Murder Trials: An Account
    The Osage "Reign of Terror" Murder Trials: A Chronology
    https://www.famous-trials.com/osage-home/2378-the-osage-reign-of-terror-murder-trials-an-account
    https://www.famous-trials.com/osage-home/2376-the-osage-reign-of-terror-murder-trials-a-chronology
    University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law