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Norris Streetman said the idea for a photograph he wanted to shoot had been “rolling around in my head for years.”

The Tulsa businessman and media producer wanted a photo of the five living chiefs of the Osage Nation.

His idea was inspired by a photo he saw of five former United States presidents.

“There was a lot more prep work than you would think for one photograph,” said Streetman. “Then, when it came time to shoot the photo, we needed a little luck, too.”

Streetman’s photo has created a buzz among some local artists, museums and tribal leaders.

It is five Osage Chiefs — John Red Eagle, Scott BigHorse, Geoffrey Standing Bear, Charles Tillman and Jim Gray — standing on a ridge at The Nature Conservancy’s Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve north of Pawhuska.

In the background are a few of the 2,500 free-range bison that roam the nearly 40,000 acres of protected tallgrass prairie.

“Everything just sort of came together,” said Streetman. “I had this idea of what I wanted, but I just didn’t know if it was possible.