An American Conundrum

In 1925, Sybil Bolton died of a gunshot wound, at the time reported to be self-inflicted; however, Washington Post assistant foreign affairs editor Dennis McAuliffe—who happens to be Bolton’s grandson—believes his grandmother’s death was just one murder of many related to the long-ignored Osage Reign of Terror. He believes Bolton’s death was associated with the royalties to which she was entitled as an Osage for rights to the stores of oil located under tribal members’ land. McAuliffe inves...