Published (air date) June 18, 2010
BY PAUL GUGGENHEIMER
SOUTH DAKOTA PUBLIC RADIO
Alcohol is illegal on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Despite this, alcoholism has ravaged the community. Residents can buy beer only 200 feet from the town line across the border in Whiteclay, Nebraska. For the past dozen years, those who advocate shutting down those liquor stores have taken part in the “March for Justice.”
Published Friday May 7, 2010
nebraskansforpeace.org
Frank LaMere is coming to Lincoln to offer insight and discuss the latest updates on Whiteclay. Mark Vasina, filmmaker of The Battle of Whiteclay, will also be there to speak, as well as to show clips of the film. To learn what we as a community can do to help, come Friday, May 21st, at 6:30 p.m., to Goodrich @ Dawes Middle School, 5130 Colfax Ave., Lincoln.
Published Friday May 7, 2010
BY TIMBERLY ROSS (The Associated Press)
RAPID CITY JOURNAL
OMAHA – Sheridan County has agreed to pay $100,000 to a grieving mother and improve suicide-prevention policies at its jail as part of a settlement over deaths there, an attorney in the case announced Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
Published Saturday May 1, 2010
THE PUBLIC PULSE (Letters to the Editor)
OMAHA WORLD-HERALD
An April 27 news story on Whiteclay, Neb., commendably focused on the cleanup efforts taking place. Read the rest of this entry »
Published Tuesday April 27, 2010
BY PAUL HAMMEL
OMAHA WORLD-HERALD
LINCOLN — Officials hope a weekend cleanup in the notorious border town of Whiteclay, Neb., will lead to more cleanups and a renewed effort to increase law enforcement. Read the rest of this entry »
Published Sunday April 25, 2010
BY KEVIN ABOUREZK
LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
WHITECLAY – Jack Andersen pulled beer cans and plastic bottles from a flooded ditch Saturday, trying to make a dent in the pile of garbage that had collected for untold months and years in a neglected corner of this village near Pine Ridge, S.D. Read the rest of this entry »
Published Thursday April 15, 2010
BY LANCE MORGAN
WINNEBAGO INDIAN NEWS
I recently sat on a panel discussing White Clay, Nebraska, which is tiny town just a mile from the Pine Ridge Reservation. The town of White Clay only has four full time residents, but it’s claim to fame is that it sells over 4 million cans of beer a year. Obviously, the beer is sold to members of the local tribe, which is technically a dry reservation. Read the rest of this entry »
Published Wednesday April 14, 2010
BT RYAN R. DUDZINSKI
THE READER (Omaha, Neb.)
BELLEVUE, NEB. — On a cold, rainy April 7 morning, Native American flute music drifted through the Humanities auditorium at Bellevue University. People have gathered for a panel discussion about Whiteclay, Neb., the tiny, unincorporated group of buildings on the border of South Dakota from which members of the neighboring Pine Ridge Indian Reservation purchase staggering amounts of alcoholic beverages annually. Typically, high unemployment — near 80% on the reservation itself — mixed with plentiful alcohol is a recipe for disaster, and Whiteclay is no exception. Rampant crime, vagrancy, gang activity, prostitution, and vandalism plague the Reservation and its surrounding areas. It has gained national recognition as a chronic tragedy, dating to at least the 1960s, which nobody seems willing to resolve. Read the rest of this entry »
Published Monday April 12, 2010
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Some Nebraska lawmakers call it a measly sum that won’t do much. Others call it a start in trying to ease problems in and near Whiteclay.
On Monday, they gave final approval to a bill (LB1002) that, if approved by Gov. Dave Heineman, would set aside $25,000 and allow the state to hire a grant writer at a cost of about $31,000. Read the rest of this entry »
Published Wednesday April 7, 2010
BY KEVIN ABOUREZK
LINCOLN JOUNAL STAR
BELLEVUE — A Winnebago business leader and attorney called massive beer sales in Whiteclay and alcoholism on the nearby Pine Ridge Indian Reservation symptoms of greater economic problems on the reservation. Read the rest of this entry »