Nebraska lawmakers gave initial approval Monday to a bill that on the surface seeks to address problems that have arisen from heavy alcohol sales near an Indian reservation, but in actuality doesn't include funding.
Nebraska Governor Governor Dave Heineman and other state officials met privately in Gordon last Friday with leaders from the Oglala Sioux Tribe to talk about the on-going problems associated with alcohol sales in Whiteclay.
Richard Wilson has been a pallbearer for at least five of his "homeboys" in the North Side Tre Tre Gangster Crips, a Sioux imitation of a notorious Denver gang.
Whiteclay, NE is walking distance from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Story Created: Dec 12, 2009 at 12:19 PM CST Story Updated: Dec 12, 2009 at 12:19 PM CST A leader in the Oglala Sioux Tribe told Nebraska lawmakers she doubts they're serious about solving problems in the alcohol-drenched border town of Whiteclay, Neb.
About 60 people assembled in the Milo Bail Student Center Nebraska Room at noon on Tuesday to discuss an issue that has been weighing heavily on the minds of Native Americans and their advocates in Nebraska.
Stew Magnuson's The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder: And Other True Stories from the Nebraska-Pine Ridge Border Towns is the 2009 Nebraska nonfiction book of the year, according to the Nebraska Center of the Book.
" As Nebraska lawmakers gathered Friday at the state Capitol talk about how to help his alcohol-drenched town, which has vexed politicians, local American Indians and activists for decades, Lance Moss let out a groan.
Nebraska lawmakers who took an eye-opening trip to Whiteclay earlier this year are trying to address alcohol problems there that have vexed politicians, activists and American Indians for decades.
Journalist and Nebraska native Stew Magnuson will read and discuss his new book, The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder: And Other True Stories from the Nebraska-Pine Ridge Border Towns, at the McCook City Library on Thursday, Sept.