‘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 ...
Native Americans
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Flashback Friday: The Tragedies and Successes of the Genoa Indian School
“Nine o’clock taps and the wailing cry of the little boys as they stood under the sleeping porches with faces to the brick walls are two sounds that have ...
Throwback Thursday Photograph, Julius Meyer
Today's Throwback Thursday photographs features images from the Julius Meyer Collection. Meyer was born in Bromberg, Prussia, March 30, 1839. He emigrated to Omaha, ...
‘I Don’t Know What We’d Have Done Without the Indians’: Non-Indian and Lakota Racial Relationships in Box Butte County’s Potato Industry, 1917-1960
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 harvesters, beginning a ...
Nebraska’s most problematic historical markers
The Nebraska Historical Marker Program is one of History Nebraska’s most popular programs, but some markers have not aged well. We’re reviewing them to identify and ...
Indigenous boarding schools in Nebraska
Photo: Pawnee children at their reservation boarding school in Nance County, Nebraska, circa 1871
By Araceli Hernandez, Digital Outreach Educator; David ...
Julius Meyer Indian Wigwam, 1878
A Jewish immigrant from Prussia, Julius Meyer followed his brothers to Omaha in the 1860s and made contact with various Indigenous nations in the region. Meyer said he ...
Marker Monday: Prehistoric Burial Site
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From 1050 - 1400 the lower Platte and Missouri River valleys were home to prehistoric Indian farmers. These people lived in small villages and ...
The Cheyenne Breakout
The U.S. Army outpost of Camp Robinson was established in 1874 in response to the need for a military presence near the Red Cloud Indian Agency in northwest Nebraska. ...
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