Chief Fred Lookout

Fred Lookout (ca. 1861 – 1949)[1] was the last hereditary chief of the Osage Nation, a Dhegiha Siouan-speaking people and a federally recognized Native American tribe based in Oklahoma.

Fred Lookout was born around 1861[1] near present-day Independence, Kansas. His His paternal grandmother raised him, since his mother died when he was an infant. The Indian Agent to the Osage Nation selected him to attend the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. He studied there from which he from 1879 to 1884. In 1884, he returned home to his reservation upon the death of his father and refused to return to the school. He married Julia Pryor and settled as a farmer near Pawhuska.

Lookout entered tribal politics in 1908, winning election as assistant principal chief. He did not run for reelection in 1910. In 1914, he was appointed principal chief by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Walter L. Fisher, replacing Bacon Rind, who was removed amidst a scandal involving oil leases. Lookout lost his reelection attempt later that year but won a two-year term as principal chief in 1916. Thereafter, he served on the tribal council from 1920 to 1922. He served again as principal chief from 1926 to his death in 1949.

Fred Lookout died in August 28, 1949.[1]

Children of Julia and Fred Lookout, as listed in census and obituary:

• Charles Lookout
• Frederick Morris “Freddie” Lookout Sr.
• Nora Mary Lookout
• Henry Lookout

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Chief Fred Lookout and wife Julia, 1928

Source: < FamilySearch >

Mrs. Roosevelt makes Visit to Osages
March 19, 1937
Osage County News

Source: Sequoyah Nation Research Center < link >

Obituary

Source: Miami News-Record, Miami, Oklahoma, Mon, Aug 29, 1949. Page 1 < newspapers.com >

Memorial Plaque

Source: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6090369/frederick-wa-no-zhi-n-g...: accessed 28 August 2023), memorial page for Chief Frederick Wa-no-zhi-n-ga Lookout (1861–28 Aug 1949), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6090369, citing Lookout Cemetery, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Wes T. (contributor 48190645).

References

• Ancestry.com. U.S., Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. < AncestrySharing >. Strike Axe Band, 1909. (document attached)
• "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9W8-99M4-3?cc=2761958 : 27 August 2019), > image 1 of 1; citing (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1967). Strike Axe Band, 1926.
• “Standingbear 3: Life Among the Osage” (Posted on 2018 September 10 by Mark Macy) < Link >
• Red Corn, Charles. “Royalty meets Royalty.” Osage News. http://www.osagenews.org/en/article/2017/01/06/royalty-meets-royalty/ (date accessed March 30, 2018)
• The Daily Oklahoma, April 23, 1939. By John Joseph Matthews. < link >
• https://visittheosage.com/places/chief-fred-lookout-memorial/ The Lookout Memorial is the final resting place for Chief Fred Lookout and his wife Julia Mogre Lookout. He was the last chief who inherited his title by blood, and the Osages honor him as a benevolent leader.
• Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Gaylord Pickens Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2022 < link >
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6090369/frederick-wa-no-zhi-n-g...
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/G43K-9WX