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Tribe Sues To Keep Reservation Free Of Booze
The Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota is dry and the sale or possession of liquor is strictly forbidden by the tribal government. But there is a tiny town just over the border in Nebraska that does sell alcohol, in massive quantities, mostly to tribal residents.  Whiteclay5/22/2013
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OPINION: Whiteclay
(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...
5/21/2013
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Tree planting highlights Whiteclay dedication
(Nebraska) -- Musicians, ministers, intercessors, tree planters and others representing nine Indian nations and a dozen states came together last weekend to pray,...
5/20/2013
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Neb. Patrol: Attacks in Whiteclay 'concerning'
(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
(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...
5/15/2013
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Protesters roadblock Whiteclay and Big Sioux store in hot water
(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...
5/4/2013
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Protestors vandalize beer truck, threaten driver in Whiteclay
(Nebraska) -- Two employees with a Scottsbluff beer distributor escaped injury Friday morning in Whiteclay after they were threatened and their truck was vandalized by...
5/3/2013
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Whiteclay protesters vandalize beer truck
(Nebraska) -- Group members stomped on beer containers and threw them into the street. The truck's two front tires were slashed.
3/18/2013
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Whiteclay alcohol sales dropped again in 2012
(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...
3/14/2013
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BLOG: The lowest of the low
(South Dakota) -- Bootleggers on the Rez have got to be the lowest of the low. I hardly ever hear of bootleggers getting busted anymore. I read about drug dealers going...
3/7/2013
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Native Sun News: Oglala Sioux Tribe takes on Whiteclay stores
(South Dakota) -- Oglala Sioux Tribal President Bryan V. Brewer, Sr. joined more than 100 tribal members and allies for a peaceful round dance on the South Dakota/...
3/5/2013
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S. Dakota's Pine Ridge tribe is at 'breaking point' over alcohol
(South Dakota) -- Every time she drives into Whiteclay, Neb., over the border from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, Natalie Hand sees the images that turn her...
3/4/2013
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Tribe Renews Efforts To Shut Down Whiteclay
(South Dakota) -- Pine Ridge may be a dry reservation, but those who live there don't have to travel far to find booze. Some tribal members travel to Whiteclay,...
3/3/2013
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Oglala Lakota Sioux 'Count Coup' on Border Town Liquor Stores
(South Dakota) -- Over 100 Oglala Lakota Sioux tribal members and allies, including members of Deep Green Resistance, rallied once again today to round dance and raise...
3/2/2013
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Frank Lamere Remembers 1999 Whiteclay Protest While Honoring Russell Means
(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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Marching on Whiteclay: Oglala Lakota Activists, President Brewer and Supporters Continue Alcohol Protest
(South Dakota) -- On February 27th tribal citizens on the Pine Ridge reservation celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Occupation of Wounded Knee with American Indian...
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Oglala Sioux President Brewer Threatened with Arrest in White Clay, Nebraska
(South Dakota) -- Confined to a wheel chair as he is still recuperating to an injury sustained in an automobile accident last December, Oglala Sioux Tribe President...
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Oglala Sioux Tribal President Vows To Shut Down Border Town Liquor Stores
(South Dakota) -- Alcohol Justice reports that on the evening of February 28, 2013, Oglala Sioux Tribal President Bryan V. Brewer, Sr. joined over 100 tribal members and...
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Rosebud tribal leader faces larceny investigation
(South Dakota) -- A Rosebud Sioux Tribe official has pleaded not guilty to charges of larceny. John Swift, a community representative for the Rosebud Sioux, was indicted...
3/1/2013
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Alcohol protest planned in Whiteclay, Neb.
(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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Oglala Sioux Tribe President continues White Clay liquor protests
(South Dakota) -- The President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, appeared in Rapid City Friday, just having returned from a protest in the Nebraska town of White Clay....
2/3/2013
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Nebraska Students Call for Anheuser-Busch Boycott
(Nebraska) -- Students from Creighton University, the University of Nebraska at Omaha and at Lincoln, and Creighton Prep announced a boycott of Anheuser-Busch products...
1/28/2013
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Student group calls for change in Whiteclay
(Nebraska) -- The plight and struggle of alcoholism at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has been well-documented over many years.
1/23/2013
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Students call for beer company boycott over Whiteclay
(Nebraska) -- Students from three Nebraska universities and a high school are calling for a public boycott of Anheuser-Busch products because of their sales to beer...
1/6/2013
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Roadblock Keeps Whiteclay Quiet on New Year’s Eve
(South Dakota) -- Tribal police searched each and every vehicle returning from Whiteclay, Nebraska on Monday night, as a long line of drivers headed for the Pine Ridge...
1/1/2013
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Activists: Whiteclay protest ended peacefully
(Nebraska) -- A New Year's Eve protest of beer sales in Whiteclay ended peacefully with three of the Nebraska town's four alcohol stores closing early and making...
12/31/2012
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Group to end 2012 with reservation booze blockade
(Nebraska) -- Native American activists were planning to spend the last hours of 2012 trying to disrupt the flow of alcohol onto South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian...
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Protest of Whiteclay beer sales planned on Monday
(Nebraska) -- Another protest over alcohol sales in the Nebraska town of Whiteclay is planned for New Year's Eve. Two Native American groups said Sunday that they...
12/29/2012
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Officials dispute Whiteclay burn victim's lawsuit
(Nebraska) -- Authorities in northwest Nebraska are disputing a lawsuit that accuses them of negligently setting a grass fire that burned a man in the border town of...
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Whiteclay Burn Victim's Lawsuit
(Nebraska) -- Authorities are disputing a lawsuit that accuses them of negligently setting a fire that burned a man in the Nebraska border town of Whiteclay.
12/14/2012
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No foul play in Native American's death in Whiteclay
(Nebraska) -- A preliminary autopsy report indicated that no foul play was involved in the death of a Native American man who was found on a street in Whiteclay, Neb.,...
11/26/2012
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Oglala Sioux president: Shut down Whiteclay
(South Dakota) -- At first, the agenda of the Oglala Sioux Tribe's newly elected president might seem overly ambitious. But Bryan Brewer says issues on the Pine...
10/27/2012
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South Dakota burn victim sues Neb. county, village
(Nebraska) -- A South Dakota man who was burned by a controlled grass fire in the Nebraska border town of Whiteclay has filed a negligence lawsuit against local...
10/12/2012
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Native American tribe's battle over beer brews
(Nebraska) -- Anheuser-Busch, Pabst and MillerCoors are among the big beer makers the Oglala Sioux tribe has accused of illegally selling millions of cans of beer each...
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The Nebraska town with only 11 residents that sells more than FOUR MILLION cans of beer every year - because it's next to a Native American reservation
(Nebraska) -- An American Indian tribe is considering taking its case to state court after its lawsuit against four beer stores in Whiteclay, Nebraska was thrown out...
10/6/2012
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SD tribe ponders options in alcohol lawsuit
(Nebraska) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, whose federal lawsuit against four Nebraska beer sellers and some of the nation’s biggest breweries was...
10/4/2012
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Tribe weighs options in suit against beer sellers
(Nebraska) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, whose federal lawsuit against four Nebraska beer sellers and some of the nation’s biggest breweries was...
10/2/2012
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Judge dismisses suit against A-B InBev over beer sales
(South Dakota) -- A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed in February against Anheuser-Busch InBev, three other beer companies and four liquor stores by a South...
10/1/2012
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SD tribe's lawsuit against beer stores dismissed
(South Dakota) -- A federal judge dismissed an American Indian tribe's lawsuit Monday that blamed beer makers and nearby stores for chronic alcoholism on an...
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South Dakota Oglala Sioux tribe's beer lawsuit fails
(Nebraska) -- People of the tribe discuss their problems Continue reading the main story Related Stories The US tribe taking on big beer A federal judge has dismissed a...
9/26/2012
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Protesters search cars for alcohol near Whiteclay
(South Dakota) -- Pine Ridge Indian Reservation residents who started an unofficial alcohol checkpoint outside of the Nebraska border town of Whiteclay on Wednesday...
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Whiteclay nursing home won't open for another year
(Nebraska) -- A nursing home designed to serve Native Americans in the Nebraska border town of Whiteclay will not open for at least another year because of a funding...
9/8/2012
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BLOG: Genocide and Personal Responsibility at Whiteclay
(South Dakota) -- The last few months have seen much attention given to Whiteclay, NE: a lawsuit against the liquor store owners, beer distributors, and brewers was...
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OP/ED: Crazy Horse was a Sober Warrior
(South Dakota) -- 1. Autumn Two Bulls is the mother of Wakiyan, or Loud Brave Thunder, a young Oglala Lakota protester who was maced by police on August 26 during a...
8/29/2012
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Whiteclay Fallout: Women’s Day of Peace March Ends With Arrests and Youth Being Maced
(Nebraska) -- On August 26, several organizations looking to have a peaceful march of women and children to protest alcohol sales in Whiteclay, Nebraska ended with...
8/28/2012
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ABOUREZK: Activist criticizes use of horse trailer to remove Whiteclay protestors
(Nebraska) -- A protest in the Nebraska border town of Whiteclay ended Sunday after officers used a horse trailer to move five protesters to a nearby town.
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More than 100 march, protest Whiteclay liquor sales
(Nebraska) -- Whiteclay was filled Sunday afternoon as protesters from as far as the West Coast spoke and demonstrated in an attempt to end alcohol sales in the town.
8/27/2012
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5 arrested in Whiteclay protest
(Nebraska) -- Five people protesting beer sales in the northern Nebraska town of Whiteclay were arrested when they locked arms and blocked a road.
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More than 100 march, protest Whiteclay liquor sales
(Nebraska) -- The Nebraska border town of Whiteclay filled Sunday afternoon as protesters from as far as the West Coast spoke and demonstrated in an attempt to end...
8/26/2012
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White Clay Protest: Pepper spray and arrests
(Nebraska) -- Women of the Oglala Lakota nation along with activists from Deep Green Resistance, AIM Grassroots, Un-Occupy Albuquerque, Occupy Lincoln, and Rocky...
8/24/2012
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Whiteclay activists protest liquor sales
(Nebraska) -- Women on the Oglala Sioux Reservation are now getting involved in the effort to shut down the four liquor stores in Whiteclay, Neb.
8/23/2012
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Activists call for return of Black Hills to Natives
(Nebraska) -- Activists rallying at the state Capitol on Thursday called for the return of the Black Hills to the Lakota people and for support of a planned march to...
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Whiteclay activists to gather at Nebraska Capitol
(Nebraska) -- Activists who oppose beer sales in Whiteclay are planning a new effort to draw attention to the Nebraska town, which borders a South Dakota Indian...
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Womens Day of Peace: No More Alcohol in Whiteclay, Nebraska
(South Dakota) -- On August 26th women of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, along with allies including Deep Green Resistance, will hold an event called the Women's Day of...
7/20/2012
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Battling Alcoholism in Whiteclay: The Front Lines
(Nebraska) -- In the first part of our series Battling Alcoholism in Whiteclay, we visited the small Nebraska town on the border of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in...
7/19/2012
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Battling Alcoholism in Whiteclay
(Nebraska) -- Whiteclay, Neb. sits on the border of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The town is located a few miles from a sign that welcomes visitors...
6/30/2012
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White Clay blockade nets no alcohol, little police cooperation
(South Dakota) -- With a busy holiday weekend ahead, people on Pine Ridge are stepping into the roadways once again to end the illegal distribution of alcohol on the...
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Whiteclay burn victim files papers to sue county
(Nebraska) -- A man who was burned in a controlled grass fire in the Nebraska border town of Whiteclay has filed papers to sue local authorities for negligence, saying...
6/29/2012
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New store opens in Whiteclay catering to tribe
(Nebraska) -- In a tiny Nebraska border town that has become known more for alcohol than anything else, KC Willis is hoping to change perceptions.
6/28/2012
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Nebraska activists seek return of Indian land
(Nebraska) -- Two Democratic National Convention delegates from Nebraska are asking President Barack Obama to return a piece of the state to a South Dakota Indian tribe...
6/27/2012
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New store opens in Whiteclay catering to tribe
(Nebraska) -- In a tiny Nebraska border town that has become known more for alcohol than anything else, KC Willis is hoping to change perceptions.
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PROTEST: Putting the Heat On! White Clay Blockade Set for June 29th
(South Dakota) -- Beginning at 10:00am Friday morning, June 29th, the Strong Heart Warrior Society with support from its allies and requested assistance from the Oglala...
6/11/2012
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DGR assists Lakota people in action against predatory alcohol sales, wins concessions
(Nebraska) -- Activists from across the country participated in an act of civil disobedience in the town of Whiteclay, Nebraska.
6/10/2012
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End the Continued Genocide of the Lakota People
(South Dakota) -- On Saturday, June 9th at 12:00pm members of the Oglala Lakota Tribe and their allies, including Deep Green Resistance, will rally in Pine Ridge, SD and...
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Members of the Oglala Lakota Tribe Blockade White Clay
(Nebraska) -- Activists from across the country participated in an act of civil disobedience in the town of Whiteclay, Nebraska. Deep Green Resistance, Un-occupy...
6/7/2012
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WOODARD: Whiteclay Confessions: An Oglala Exposes Violent, Seamy Effects of Whiteclay’s Liquor Stores
(South Dakota) -- We went to a tribal member who spent years patronizing Whiteclay’s beer stores, but has now sobered up and turned his life around. He asked to...
6/5/2012
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Beer Profiteers Fight Oglala Lawsuit That Seeks Control of Alcohol Sales
(Nebraska) -- The Oglala Lakota elder spread out the map on her kitchen table. It showed the dry Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where possessing, consuming or selling...
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PEMBER: Whiteclay: Oglala Lakota Lawsuit Keeps Alcohol Problem on Front Burner
(South Dakota) -- As a Native American woman and recovering alcoholic I am grateful for Whiteclay, Nebraska for the simple reason that it keeps the disease of alcoholism...
5/31/2012
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HIGHTOWER: 'Drink responsibly'? Try 'Lobby responsibly'
(Nebraska) -- Anheuser-Busch and other big brewers blocked a Nebraska bill that would have curbed sales targeted at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
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OP/ED: Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is drowning in beer
(Nebraska) -- Just six hours from Denver is the town of Whiteclay, Neb. Its population: about 12. Yet in 2010, this tiny town sold 465,000 gallons of beer, enough for...
5/29/2012
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BLOG: Should Businesses Pay Their Social Costs?
(Pennsylvania) -- Alcoholism on Indian reservations in the United States has been a chronic and devastating problem for the Native American community. According to a...
5/27/2012
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Oglala Sioux tribal members are proud of Pine Ridge Reservation
(Colorado) -- Dana Lone Hill is a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe who was born and raised on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. While poverty and alcoholism are...
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OP/ED: Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is drowning in beer
(Colorado) -- Just six hours from Denver is the town of Whiteclay, Neb. Its population: about 12. Yet in 2010, this tiny town sold 465,000 gallons of beer, enough for...
5/19/2012
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Column: Big Beer Brewers Like Anheuser-Busch Are Drunk on Greed
(USA) -- Big brewers like Anheuser-Busch frequently admonish us imbibers of their grain products to "drink responsibly." Well, I say back to them: Lobby...
5/18/2012
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Column: Nicholas Kristof's Bogus Anti-Beer Crusade
(USA) -- Is there a New York Times columnist as insufferably moralistic, or as neglectful of facts that contradict his argument, as Nicholas Kristof? Last week Kristof...
5/17/2012
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LETTER: Helping Native Americans
(New York) -- To the Editor: Re “Poverty’s Poster Child” (column, May 10): Nicholas D. Kristof is right that Indian country faces disparities with the...
5/16/2012
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How to Address Alcoholism on Indian Reservations
(New York) -- In The New York Times earlier this month, Nicholas D. Kristof called for a boycott of Anheuser-Busch because of how the company’s products are...
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LaMERE: Blood on Their Hands
(Nebraska) -- Any action short of shutting down Whiteclay and crippling the enterprise that peddles alcohol among the Lakota people is unacceptable. The death toll...
5/14/2012
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GIAGO: 'Beer sniffing' reporters descend upon Pine Ridge
(South Dakota) -- The “beer sniffing” reporters from across the country, particularly those of the New York Times, descended upon the Pine Ridge Reservation...
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NORRELL: When fat cat reporters come to town
(USA) -- When outside reporters come to Indian country, they seem to think that local reporters and editors are really anxious to work for them for free, and also to be...
5/8/2012
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BLOG: Can a Bud boycott help the Pine Ridge Reservation?
(Philadelphia) -- In Sunday’s New York Times, columnist Nicholas Kristof called for a boycott of Anheuser-Busch (maker of beers like Budweiser, Rolling Rock, and,...
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LETTER: Alcohol and the Reservation: Anheuser-Busch’s View
(New York) -- Re “A Battle With the Brewers,” by Nicholas D. Kristof (column, May 6): We care about the tragic problems of tribal members on the Pine Ridge...
5/6/2012
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KRISTOF: A Battle With the Brewers
(Nebraska) -- AFTER seeing Anheuser-Busch’s devastating exploitation of American Indians, I’m done with its beer. The human toll is evident here in Whiteclay...
5/2/2012
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Beer Companies, Retailers Seek Dismissal of Indian Lawsuit
(Nebraska) -- Arguing that beer retailers would be forced to discriminate against American Indians if a $500 million lawsuit filed by the Oglala Sioux Tribe is...
4/30/2012
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Beer companies seek dismissal of reservation suit
(Nebraska) -- Beer companies are asking a judge to dismiss a $500 million lawsuit by an American Indian tribe that accuses them of knowingly contributing to alcohol-...
4/27/2012
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Can one South Dakota tribe take on America's big beer?
(South Dakota) -- After years of failed efforts to address chronic alcoholism, the largest Native American tribe in the US is launching a $500m (£308m) dollar...
4/24/2012
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Indian Beer Bill Stalls; Industry Money Flows
(Nebraska) -- Legislation in Nebraska that would curtail alcohol purchases to residents of a dry Indian reservation has stalled in a key committee whose members have...
4/11/2012
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Indian Beer Bill Stalls; Industry Money Flows
(Nebraska) -- Legislation in Nebraska that would curtail alcohol purchases to residents of a dry Indian reservation has stalled in a key committee whose members have...
4/3/2012
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ABOUREZK: Tribe claims Whiteclay has created public nuisance
(Nebraska) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe claims four beer stores in a small Nebraska town that collectively sell nearly 5 million cans of beer a year have created a public...
4/2/2012
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Oglala Sioux Tribe files second amended complaint
(Nebraska) -- Attorney Tom White, legal counsel for the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST), has filed a second amended complaint in the Tribe's lawsuit against the brewers,...
4/1/2012
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Tribe sues to keep reservation free of booze
(South Dakota) -- The sale or possession of liquor is strictly forbidden by the tribal government of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. But there is a tiny town...
3/31/2012
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Tribe Sues To Keep Reservation Free Of Booze
(South Dakota) -- The Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota is dry and the sale or possession of liquor is strictly forbidden by the tribal government. But there is a...
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Tribe Sues To Keep Reservation Free Of Booze
(South Dakota) -- The sale or possession of liquor is strictly forbidden by the tribal government of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. But there is a tiny town...
3/19/2012
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Oglalas Ask Courts to Cap Whiteclay Beer Sales
(Nebraska) -- Following up on a recently filed federal lawsuit against beer stores, breweries and other businesses involved in the Whiteclay, Nebraska alcohol trade, the...
3/16/2012
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ROOKS: God and man at Whiteclay
(South Dakota) -- When Bruce Bonfleur arrived on Pine Ridge Reservation, he traveled a well-worn path: that of the white Christian come to save the Indian.
3/15/2012
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Five near Whiteclay face bootlegging charges
(South Dakota) -- More news Thursday near the tiny town of Whiteclay, Nebraska. Several members of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation are facing bootlegging charges from...
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US Attorney: Federal bootlegging charges 'unique'
(South Dakota) -- Federal bootlegging charges against several people on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation were filed in part because of concerns raised by community...
3/8/2012
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Beer sales plunge near American Indian tribe plagued by alcoholism
(Nebraska) -- Alcohol sales have plummeted in a tiny Nebraska town faulted for selling beer to members of an American Indian tribe plagued by alcoholism.
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Tribe seeks order to limit beer sales in Nebraska town
(Nebraska) -- Leaders of an American Indian tribe in South Dakota who are suing beer makers, distributors and retailers are now asking a judge to limit alcohol sales in...
3/6/2012
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Stew Magnuson: The $500 million Whiteclay lawsuit and a wide spot on the road called Swett
(Nebraska) -- I won’t presume to know what the true intentions of the Oglala Nation’s tribal leaders were when they filed the $500 million lawsuit seeking...
3/5/2012
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At Tribe’s Door, a Hub of Beer and Heartache
(Nebraska) -- Four rickety metal shacks that line the main road in this town of maybe 10 people sell an average of 13,000 cans of beer and malt liquor a day. The nearest...
3/3/2012
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FORUM: Oglala Sioux Tribe should sell alcohol for the revenue
(South Dakota) -- I am Lakota and an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota. I serve as the president of the Organization for Native American Unity.
2/26/2012
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Gold Mines in Hell
(Nebraska) -- In Nebraska, some liquor stores sell booze to minors and manage to hang onto their licenses, according to Nebraska Liquor Control Commission data.
2/25/2012
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Tribe seeks order to limit beer sales in Neb. town
(Nebraska) -- Leaders of a South Dakota American Indian tribe who are suing beer makers, distributors and retailers are now asking a judge to restrict alcohol sales in a...
2/23/2012
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TORT LAW: Tribe Seeks Injunction to Curb Alcohol Sales Near Reservation
(South Dakota) -- An Indian tribe in South Dakota is asking a federal judge to issue an injunction as part of its suit against companies that make and sell beer in a...
2/22/2012
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Tribe seeks injunction on Whiteclay beer sales
(Nebraska) -- A Native American tribe in South Dakota has asked for a court order to sharply restrict beer sales in the Nebraska village of Whiteclay while larger legal...
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Tribe seeks order to limit beer sales in Neb. town
(Nebraska) -- Leaders of an American Indian tribe in South Dakota who are suing beer makers, distributors and retailers are now asking a judge to limit alcohol sales in...
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Tribe seeks to limit beer sales at Whiteclay
(Nebraska) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe is asking a federal court to limit alcohol sales in a small Nebraska town that sells nearly 5 million cans of beer a year.
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Tribe seeks to limit Whiteclay beer sales
(Nebraska) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe has amended its lawsuit against four beer stores in Whiteclay and the brewers and distributors that serve them to include an...
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BLOG: Gold Mine in Hell
(Nebraska) -- In Nebraska, some liquor stores sell booze to minors and manage to hang onto their licenses, according to Nebraska Liquor Control Commission data.
2/17/2012
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EDITORIAL: New ideas on Whiteclay
(Nebraska) -- With millions of cans of beer continuing to flow unabated year after year from Whiteclay across the border to the Pine Ridge Reservation, it's...
2/14/2012
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Lawmakers discuss 'alcohol impact zones'
(Nebraska) -- As a lawsuit targeting alcohol sales to Native Americans in the South Dakota-Nebraska border town of Whiteclay winds its way through the courts, a Nebraska...
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Tribe Sues Big Beer Makers for Damages
(South Dakota) -- Near the site of the bloody massacre at Wounded Knee, a new lawsuit addresses an old problem. The Oglala Sioux Tribe at Pine Ridge reservation is suing...
2/13/2012
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Neb. bill targeting Whiteclay faces scrutiny
(Nebraska) -- A proposal to allow for stricter alcohol rules in certain parts of Nebraska would give local governments the tools they need to fight public drunkenness, a...
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Oglala Sioux Tribe Files $500M Lawsuit Against Brewers, Distributors and Sellers of Alcohol in Whiteclay, Nebraska
(South Dakota) -- The Oglala Sioux tribe filed a $500 million lawsuit February 9 against brewers (Anheuser-Busch InBev, Molson Coors, Pabst, Miller Brewers), retailers...
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OP/ED: Alcohol drives Oglala Sioux Tribe's lawsuit
(South Dakota) -- Whiteclay, Neb., has a population of 14 people. It is in northwest Nebraska, bordering the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, only two miles from the city...
2/11/2012
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Native Americans: The Tragedy of Alcoholism
(South Dakota) -- Native Americans of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation near Whiteclay, Nebraska, have filed a $500-million lawsuit against beer manufacturers for the...
2/10/2012
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ABOUREZK: Legal experts raise questions about Whiteclay lawsuit
(Nebraska) -- The Thursday decision by a South Dakota tribe to sue the owners of four beer stores in Whiteclay and the distributors and brewers who serve them has raised...
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Oglala Sioux Tribe sues Whiteclay stores, beer makers, distributors
(South Dakota) -- South Dakota's largest Sioux tribe filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to stem the flow of millions of cans of beer across its border from a 10-person...
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People React To Whiteclay Lawsuit
(Nebraska) -- A lawsuit has been filed by the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Reservation. It's against some major beer distributors and the stores that sell...
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Sioux tribe sues brewers for alcohol woes
(South Dakota) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe is suing some of the world's largest beer brewers, saying they knowingly have contributed to devastating alcohol-related...
2/9/2012
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$500M federal lawsuit filed against beer distributors in Whiteclay, NE
(Nebraska) -- A federal lawsuit accuses those involved in liquor sales in tiny Whiteclay, Nebraska of knowing the beer is heading to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in...
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Native tribe sues brewers as town of 11 near reservation sells 13,000 cans of a beer a day
(Nebraska) -- A U.S. First Nations tribe is suing several brewers and retailers, saying they’re deliberately circumventing a local ban on alcohol.
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Oglala Sioux Tribe sues Whiteclay stores, beer makers, distributors
(Nebraska) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota is suing the owners of four beer stores in Whiteclay, plus the beer distributors and manufacturers serving those...
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Oglala tribe sues A-B, others over sales
(Nebraska) -- An American Indian tribe sued Anheuser-Busch InBev and the world's other largest brewers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating...
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S.D. tribe sues 5 beer makers, cites alcohol abuse
(Nebraska) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday for $500 million, claiming they knowingly contributed to...
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South Dakota Tribe suing Beer Distributors / Oglala Sioux Tribe taking action or a political stunt?
(Arizona) -- It was reported from the Journal Star in South Dakota that The Oglala Sioux Tribe is suing the beer distributors and manufacturers serving the stores of the...
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Tribe suing beer companies for alcohol problems
(Nebraska) -- An American Indian tribe sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related...
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Tribe suing beer companies for alcohol problems
(Nebraska) -- A Native American tribe sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related...
1/10/2012
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Bill would let Neb. target alcohol problem areas
(Nebraska) -- Advocates fighting alcohol problems in Omaha and the tiny Panhandle town of Whiteclay believe a bill in the Legislature would help curb public drunkenness...
12/30/2011
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Lakota Warrior Society Serious About Zero Tolerance of Alcohol - Blockage Underway Today
(South Dakota) -- The Strong Heart Warrior Society is serious about the zero tolerance ban of alcohol on the Oglala Sioux Indian Reservation - especially during this New...
12/28/2011
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Lakota Groups Ready For White Clay Alcohol Blockade
(South Dakota) -- Following in the footsteps of honored Lakota warriors Chief Big Foot, Crazy Horse, and Rain in the Face, modern day warriors are acting to protect...
9/16/2011
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Neb. lawmakers mull alcohol problems in Whiteclay
(Nebraska) -- Nebraska lawmakers are once again looking at the alcohol problems in the Panhandle town of Whiteclay. Nebraska Liquor Control Commission director Hobert...
2/28/2011
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Indian Commission asks for Whiteclay money
(Nebraska) -- Judi gaiashkibos says $15,000 isn't a lot of money to be asking to help out the people who live near the Nebraska-South Dakota border town of Whiteclay.
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