Published Monday October 19, 2009
Nebraska StatePaper.com

Kerrey’s New School to hold screening

A film detailing the controversial practice of selling alcohol in Whiteclay, Neb. – just across the border from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota – will be getting a special New York showcase, courtesy of former Sen. Bob Kerrey. (more…)

Published Wednesday October 14, 2009
A View From a Washichu
BY STEW MAGNUSON

Once again, the Nebraska Unicameral is taking a look at the Whiteclay issue.

It was announced that they are going to “study” the tiny hamlet that is located just south of the town of Pine Ridge, S.D., which sells millions of cans of beer per year to the “dry” reservation.

In case they miss it, let me remind Nebraska lawmakers of the role of their predecessors in the evolution of the town from what it was in the early part of the 20th Century, a small town doing business with the residents of Pine Ridge, to what it is today — the so-called “Little Skid Row on the Prairie.” (more…)

Published Wednesday October 7, 2009
OMAHA WORLD-HERALD
EDITORIAL

PINE RIDGE RESERVATION — In terms of social devastation, it’s not an exaggeration to say that a bomb has exploded, figuratively, in the Pine Ridge Reservation. (more…)

Published Sunday October 4, 2009
THE PUBLIC PULSE (Letters to the Editor)
OMAHA WORLD HERALD

As a resident of Sheridan County, which includes Whiteclay, Neb., I would like to see something done about the alcohol sales. (more…)

Published Thursday October 1, 2009
DAILY NEBRASKAN
BY SARAH MELECKI

When you hear that a town with a population of only 14 sells around 12,500 cans of beer every day, like Whiteclay, Neb., does, you probably wonder what the hell is going on. There can only be a few possible explanations. The town could either be close to a college campus or a large colony of drunken leprechauns.

But neither is the case for Whiteclay, which sits approximately two miles away from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, home of the Oglala Lakota Sioux nation. (more…)

Published Wednesday, September 30, 2009
LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
EDITORIAL

It is encouraging that the Nebraska Legislature is willing to continue exploring the tragic circumstances that prevail along the South Dakota border, where beer bought at the village of Whiteclay, Neb., continues to corrode lives on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. (more…)