Nebraska Indian Tribes Plan Legislative Strategies for Gaming Rights.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)Humphrey, Kay
From 1825-1892, 18 different treaties forced Nebraskan tribes to cede their land to the government and relocate to Indian Territory or other reservations. After Ponca Chief Standing Bear and others returned to Nebraska to bury his son and were arrested and imprisoned, he filed suit in the 1879...
in August 1898 an Indian congress—uniting hundreds of Native Americans from more than 30 tribes—was also held in Omaha. In the late 1890s, prosperity had returned to Omaha, and by the turn of the century Omaha had a population of about 100,000, while South Omaha had about 26,000 resi...