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Native Sun News: Statement from Oglala Sioux Tribe president
(6/18/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Bryan Brewer, the president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, issued a statement exclusively to the Native Sun News following his arrest in Nebraska.
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Native Sun News: Oglala Sioux president arrested in Whiteclay
(6/17/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Bryan Brewer, the president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, has been arrested in Nebraska, the Native Sun News is reporting on Facebook.
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Oglala Sioux president arrested in Whiteclay
(6/17/2013)
(Nebraska) -- The Sheridan County Sheriff’s office arrested Oglala Sioux Tribe President Bryan Brewer Monday morning in Whiteclay during a protest outside a beer...
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Whiteclay Heats Up As Tribe Reconsiders Prohibition
(6/7/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Activists and liquor store owners are clashing in the town of Whiteclay, Nebraska on the boarder of the Pine Ridge Reservation. Beer delivery trucks are...
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Protesters Camping Outside Of Whiteclay
(6/5/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Whiteclay is synonymous with chronic alcoholism and the struggles of many Lakota people on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation where alcohol is banned.
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Activist arrested while trying to file complaint against Whiteclay store owner
(5/24/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Nebraska authorities arrested an activist seeking an end to alcohol sales in Whiteclay on Friday morning before he had a chance to file a complaint against...
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Protesters file complaint in beer sales to Native Americans in Whiteclay
(5/24/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Members of an organized protest against alcohol sales to Native Americans in Whiteclay, Neb., filed a complaint Friday against one of the beer store owners.
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Whiteclay activist arrested while filing complaint
(5/24/2013)
(Nebraska) -- An activist who is fighting to end alcohol sales in Whiteclay was arrested Friday before he could file a complaint against a beer store owner in the tiny...
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Group calls for action regarding Whiteclay alcohol sales
(5/23/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Nebraskans for Peace have scheduled a press conference Friday in front of the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission as the group calls for an investigation...
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OPINION: Whiteclay
(5/22/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Whiteclay is in the news again, this time for violence during protests over alcohol sales in the tiny Nebraska border town to members of the officially dry...
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Tree planting highlights Whiteclay dedication
(5/21/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Musicians, ministers, intercessors, tree planters and others representing nine Indian nations and a dozen states came together last weekend to pray,...
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Neb. Patrol: Attacks in Whiteclay 'concerning'
(5/20/2013)
(Nebraska) -- The superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol says law enforcement is increasing its presence in Whiteclay after activists attacked two beer trucks and...
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Nebraska adds Whiteclay help after incidents
(5/20/2013)
(Nebraska) -- State law enforcement officers were helping patrol a small Nebraska town Monday following the vandalism of two beer trucks earlier this month near the Pine...
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Protesters roadblock Whiteclay and Big Sioux store in hot water
(5/15/2013)
(Nebraska) -- While some tribal members visit Rapid City hoping for change, others are taking matters into their own hands. Oglala Sioux Tribal President Bryan Brewer...
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Protestors vandalize beer truck, threaten driver in Whiteclay
(5/4/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Two employees with a Scottsbluff beer distributor escaped injury Friday morning in Whiteclay after they were threatened and their truck was vandalized by...
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Whiteclay protesters vandalize beer truck
(5/3/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Group members stomped on beer containers and threw them into the street. The truck's two front tires were slashed.
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Whiteclay alcohol sales dropped again in 2012
(3/18/2013)
(Nebraska) -- A tiny Nebraska town that sells millions of cans of beer on the border of South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation saw its alcohol sales drop for...
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Frank Lamere Remembers 1999 Whiteclay Protest While Honoring Russell Means
(3/2/2013)
(Nebraska) -- On February 27, Frank Lamere gave the following speech during an honoring celebration of Russell Means coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the start of...
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Alcohol protest planned in Whiteclay, Neb.
(3/1/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Activists who want to end beer sales in the Nebraska town of Whiteclay planned a protest Friday after what they described as a showdown with law officers...
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Nebraska Students Call for Anheuser-Busch Boycott
(2/3/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Students from Creighton University, the University of Nebraska at Omaha and at Lincoln, and Creighton Prep announced a boycott of Anheuser-Busch products...
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Student group calls for change in Whiteclay
(1/28/2013)
(Nebraska) -- The plight and struggle of alcoholism at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has been well-documented over many years.
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Keystone XL Pipeline
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TransCanada Caught Training Police to Treat Anti-Keystone XL Activists as "Terrorists"
(6/16/2013)
(Nebraska) -- In the midst of recent national controversy surrounding government surveillance of the public, a recent Freedom of Information Act request to the Nebraska...
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Judge says Keystone XL pipeline suit should go to trial
(6/12/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline won a round in court Tuesday when a judge turned down a request to dismiss their amended lawsuit against the state.
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Keystone XL pipeline opponents see double standard
(5/13/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Rep. Tim Griffin, a staunch supporter of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, recently asked ExxonMobil to move another, smaller oil pipeline away from a...
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Keystone critic was engineer at pipeline company TransCanada
(5/2/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Speaker number 37 was the insider. Evan Vokes joined about 200 people who testified last month in Grand Island at the State Department's public hearing...
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At Keystone XL hearing, a government event with a rock show flourish
(4/18/2013)
(Nebraska) -- In the several years that state and federal officials have presided over pivotal public events involving the Keystone XL pipeline, the atmosphere has taken...
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As odds grow long, opponents move to stop Keystone pipeline
(3/18/2013)
(Nebraska) -- With a sense of grim determination, a group of unlikely allies has begun gathering at kitchen tables, in churches and along fence rows here to plot what...
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Tribal Members Sign Treaty Calling for an End to Alberta Oil Sands Development and Keystone XL
(2/1/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman’s approval of that state’s section of the disputed Keystone XL pipeline has united not only indigenous from the...
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Native American groups protest pipeline
(1/31/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Native American protestors concerned about pollution of ancestral lands by the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline staged a rally Monday outside the Nebraska...
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Native American groups protest Keystone XL pipeline
(1/29/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Native American protesters concerned about pollution of ancestral lands by the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline rallied Monday outside the State Capitol.
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ABOUREZK: Bold Nebraska, Natives protest pipeline, impact on land
(1/28/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Cowboys hats and shawls adorned a coalition of more than 100 ranchers and Native activists who gathered Monday at the state Capitol to protest the Keystone...
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Activist groups gather to protest Heineman’s decision on Keystone pipeline
(1/28/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Native Americans, environmentalists and Occupiers gathered at the Capitol Monday afternoon to protest the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline.
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Native American groups protest Keystone XL pipeline
(1/28/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Native American protesters concerned about pollution of ancestral lands by the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline rallied Monday outside the State Capitol.
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Nebraska Governor Approves New Keystone XL Pipeline Route
(1/24/2013)
(Nebraska) -- A day after President Barack Obama highlighted climate change in his inauguration speech, Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman, a Republican, approved the new...
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Ho-Chunk Tribe
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Casino Potential at Atokad Horse Track
(5/3/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Ho-Chunk Inc. is taking another spin at building a new casino in the area. After losing a bid to build in Sioux City, Ho-Chunk has revealed plans to build...
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Eye on Business: Iowa casino developer sees Nebraska expanding gambling
(5/3/2013)
(Nebraska) -- If you haven't already, check out my exclusive story on what Ho-Chunk Inc. and its CEO Lance Morgan has in mind for the former Atokad horse track,...
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Ho-Chunk Pursues New Casino & Events Center at Atokad Park
(5/3/2013)
(Nebraska) -- They spent close to a million dollars to bring a land-based casino to Woodbury County. And even though they lost, Ho-Chunk Incorporated is still trying to...
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Tribe business CEO says it desires Nebraska casino
(5/3/2013)
(Nebraska) -- The chief executive of the Winnebago Tribe's business arm says it intends to develop a casino at a former horse track in northeast Nebraska.
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Tribe business CEO says it desires Nebraska casino
(5/3/2013)
(Nebraska) -- The Winnebago Tribe's business arm intends to develop a casino at a former horse track in Nebraska, where casino gambling is not allowed.
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$40 million casino envisioned on South Sioux City Atokad site
(5/2/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Rebuffed in its bid to open a casino in downtown Sioux City, Ho-Chunk Inc. has redirected its focus to the Nebraska side of the Missouri River.
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Dakota County, NE endorses Warrior casino proposal
(2/5/2013)
(Nebraska) -- One of three casino developers looking to build in downtown Sioux City got support from Dakota County, Nebraska, Monday. The Board of Commissioners...
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Warrior Casino Gets Dakota County Endorsement
(2/5/2013)
(Nebraska) -- The Dakota County Board of Commissioners voted 4-0 on Monday to support the Warrior Casino and Hotel Project. Before voting, commissioners watched a 30...
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Adoption
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ABOUREZK: State senator seeking to reduce removal of Native children
(4/16/2013)
(Nebraska) -- She would wear moccasins and put her hair in braids. Even before she knew who she really was, Karen Hardenbrook wanted to be Native. She even accepted the...
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Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
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An Epidemic Of Violence: Nebraska's Tribes Lack Legal Power To Protect Their People
(4/15/2013)
(Nebraska) -- “Indian Country has some of the highest rates of domestic abuse in America,” Obama said at the VAWA signing; national tribal and federal...
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An Epidemic Of Violence: Nebraska Native Women Struggle To Break The Cycle
(4/4/2013)
(Nebraska) -- One in three Native American women will face domestic or sexual violence in their lifetimes; many will suffer both. The recent expansion of the federal...
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ABOUREZK: Native women celebrate domestic violence bill's passage
(3/1/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Native women living in Lincoln celebrated the passage Thursday of a bill that will allow tribal authorities to prosecute non-Natives in domestic abuse...
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Pine Ridge
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Bringing Hope To Pine Ridge
(2/23/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Seventeen North Platte St. Patrick's High School students are getting ready to go on a service mission to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
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Tribal Taxation
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Tax dispute moves to U.S. District Court
(2/20/2013)
(Nebraska) -- The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska has convinced a tribal court judge that it has the authority to tax alcohol sales in the village of Pender.
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Omaha Tribe wins round in Pender booze tax fight
(2/19/2013)
(Nebraska) -- The Omaha Tribe has won a round in its struggle with the village of Pender and alcohol retailers regarding the reservation boundaries and the tribe's...
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Voter Suppression
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Douglas County election officials told not to demand voter ID numbers
(2/16/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Douglas County election officials violated a federal law in November when they didn't let dozens of people vote provisionally without showing voter...
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Other News
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The Dawes Rolls can help in Native American ancestry
(6/7/2013)
(Nebraska) -- In previous columns, I have talked about how Native American Ancestry is hard to trace. A friend of mine, Dan Cook, who relocated to Southwest Nebraska a...
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Films explore cultural images of Native Americans
(6/6/2013)
(Nebraska) -- “Basically this is a weekend of good movies,” said Bryce Jensen, house manger of The World Theatre. “Our entire mission is to have a...
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Harrah's Kanesville Queen casino boat is cashing in
(5/30/2013)
(Nebraska) -- One of Nebraskans' favorite places to play in Iowa will be cashing in 17 years of chips Monday. The Kanesville Queen Riverboat casino closes as Harrah...
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Native Sun News: Vision Maker Media shares Native stories
(5/28/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Imagine if all it took to pursue your dream of making movies was to come up with seven written pages. Adrian Baker, producer of the animated series of nine...
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Big Red Keno 'cast,' 16 years into existence, gets names
(5/28/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Walk into Big Red Restaurant and Sports Bar on West O Street at happy hour or on a lunch break, and you likely are to find a table full of people who are...
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A large construction project is underway on the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska's Norfolk campus
(5/24/2013)
(Nebraska) -- One building is being torn down to make way for a new facility that will not only serve the Ponca Tribe, but also the community of Norfolk.
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Lawmakers approve moving problem gambling program
(5/22/2013)
(Nebraska) -- State lawmakers Tuesday approved moving a program for problem gamblers out of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.
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Statistician dashes lottery illusions, if not hopes
(5/17/2013)
(Nebraska) -- If you think you have a fighting chance to win the drawing for Saturday's record Powerball Lottery jackpot, an estimated $600 million, think again,...
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ABOUREZK: NU museum to return two Native skeletons
(5/15/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Charmaine Shawana plans to get up early Wednesday and drive nearly 12 hours west to bring her ancestors home.
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Neb. lawmakers vote to expand eligibility for grant program aimed at Native American tribes
(5/14/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Nebraska lawmakers have voted to expand eligibility on a grant program so that more Native American tribes might benefit.
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Creighton University to Graduate Largest Group of Native Students Ever
(5/12/2013)
(Nebraska) -- At this year’s May 18 commencement ceremony, Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska will graduate its largest group of Native American students in the...
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Vision Maker Media looks to acquire, distribute Native films
(4/23/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Vision Maker Media is seeking provocative and engaging completed programs from independent or public television producers.
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Chuck Trimble: Indian Country becomes united on the Internet
(4/15/2013)
(Nebraska) -- IndianCountryTV.com’s news anchor Kimberlie Acosta has a most powerful lead-in slogan to her reports: “One Million Indigenous Facebook Users...
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Commuting life term in 1973 Omaha murder only fair, state board says
(4/13/2013)
(Nebraska) -- An inmate who has been in prison 40 years for an Omaha murder could be released by next year under a rare commutation granted this week.
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Native American tribes meeting in Nebraska
(4/7/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Omaha and Ponca tribes in Nebraska held a meeting Saturday with an Oklahoma tribe in a ceremony that tribal leaders say is the first such gathering in 50...
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Nebraska Author Talks Education, Pawnee History
(4/7/2013)
(Nebraska) -- If your kid is studying Nebraska history, chances are they have this woman's text book in their backpack. Dr. Jean Lukesh's "Nebraska...
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Video: Omaha Nation Pays Tribute to the Schimmel Sisters and the Louisville Cardinals
(4/5/2013)
(Nebraska) -- In a new video, the Omaha Nation Digital Media Class hit the pavement and was able to get reactions to the continued success of the Schimmels and the...
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ABOUREZK: Native filmmakers get students to open up
(4/3/2013)
(Nebraska) -- It’s 10 in the morning, and eight high school students won't speak. Dallas Goldtooth threatens them: “Someone start talking or I'm...
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Grace: Lakota woman celebrates a century of laughter, love, tears
(4/3/2013)
(Nebraska) -- The lines in Laura Galligo Brewer's face run deep, reflecting a century of living — much of it hard. All the loss, starting with her mother, who...
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Chief Standing Bear's mark on Nebraska, U.S. history captivates journalist
(3/18/2013)
(Nebraska) -- University of Nebraska-Lincoln journalism professor Joe Starita spoke March 16 at the native American night at the MRB Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center.
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