AdvertisementIn The 1920s, A Community Conspired To Kill Native Americans For Their Oil MoneyApril 17, 2017Steve InskeepfacebookEmailErnest and Mollie Burkhart married in 1917. Unbeknownst to Mollie, a member of the Osage tribe, the marriage was part of a larger plot to steal her family's oil wealth. (Courtesy of Doubleday)