FOREWORD

We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the Wah-Zha-Zhi Cultural Center and Language Department in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Without the continued guidance of our Osage partners, who have so generously offered their time and counsel since the beginning of this project, this series would not exist.

Friends, we thank you for your patience and your insights as we tell the story of Keech and his Lost Causes. We will always work hard to honor your culture.

—B & L