Dr. Picotte’s House
The Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte House, located at 100 Taft Street in Walthill, is a two-story home was built by Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte (c. 1865 – 1916) in 1907 ...
Native American History
What We Found
Back in Print – “Eyewitness at Wounded Knee”
NSHS RG2845-13-6 (at left).
Never before has the story of the Wounded Knee Massacre been so clearly and movingly presented. Three Nebraska State Historical Society ...
“I Don’t Know What We’d Have Done Without the Indians”
A labor shortage during World War I left western Nebraska potato farmers facing the loss of their crop. They brought in Lakota (Sioux) Indians as ...
“First Scalp for Custer” now back in print
Paul Hedren's book First Scalp for Custer: The Skirmish at Warbonnet Creek, Nebraska, July 17, 1876 is now back in print through Nebraska State Historical Society Books. ...
The Military Buildup to Wounded Knee
More than five thousand U.S. Army officers and soldiers were mobilized in the weeks leading up to the Wounded Knee Massacre. The troops – sent to subdue “hostile” ...
Variety of Enclosed Forts on the Northern Plains
Perhaps the most common question asked of staff at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, is “Where’s the fort?” Visitors who are only familiar with Hollywood depictions of forts are ...
The Long Journey of Dan Jibreus
Last year this blog featured a post that discussed a Nebrsaka History article, "The Long Journey of White Fox." The article tells the story of three Pawnee men who ...
Photographers and the Plains Indian
Note: The word Indian is used instead of Native American as that was the norm at the time.
August 31, 2014 was the last time the Nebraska History Museum opened its ...
Flashback Friday: Rare Photos from a Troubled Time Featured in Newest NSHS Book
Last Days of Red Cloud Agency: Rare Photos from a Troubled Time In the final year of his life, longtime NSHS curator Thomas R. Buecker investigated and wrote about a ...
‘The Greatest Gathering of Indians Ever Assembled’ – the Black Hills Council of 1875
Red Dog's village southeast of Red Cloud Agency.
For a month in late summer 1875 the nation’s gaze was drawn to proceedings at the remote Red Cloud Agency ...
Flashback Friday: Dog Soup Party
Dog Soup Party, Pine Ridge Sioux. RG0802.120-82
By Kylie Kinley, Assistant Editor
If you search our photo collection for the word “party,” you expect ...
Celebrating Native American Heritage Month – Manuscript Collections
Young men and women of a graduate class at Genoa Indian School posed for a picture with their diplomas in hand. RG4422.1-24
Genoa Indian School, ...
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