"To his credit, Scorsese did come and meet privately with descendants like me and others to hear our concerns," Jim Gray, former chief of the Osage Nation, wrote in a tweet. Gray said he is a descendant of Henry Roan, one of the Osage killed during the Reign of Terror.
The Native actors in "Killers of the Flower Moon" said they felt a deep responsibility to portray their characters in a complex and true-to-life manner.
"These women, these murdered people existed, and telling their story accurately for the Osage people was the most important thing to me," Collins told Insider over email.
Collins said she was taken to the place where her character, Rita Smith, was murdered, and recreated the scene just a few blocks away.
"It is important these stories are told — they are Truth," Tantoo Cardinal, who plays Mollie's mother Lizzie Q, said. "Our stories have been maligned in misinterpretation. Their exposure can bring more understanding of what was stolen when the Treaty Agreements were not respected."