This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.myers/508.713.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Joan, If you want sources, just google Osage Indian and princess. A schoolmate, Ethyl Pickens was an Osage princess and was very proud of the title. http://freepages.school-alumni.rootsweb.com/~schoolpics/ok/cherokee55/pix/page57.jpg BTW her family was very proud of the fact and nearly disowned her brother when he married my cousin, a non-osage. Dennis