Published Tuesday July 06, 2010
THE CHADRON RECORD
By the Rapid City Journal
Oglala Sioux Tribe police officers set up alcohol checkpoints outside Whiteclay on Thursday, July 1 but reports that alcohol being taken to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation was confiscated were disputed by tribal officials. (more…)
Published Monday July 5, 2010
BY RANDALL HOWELL (Native Sun News Managing Editor)
NATIVE AMERICAN TIMES
WHITE CLAY, Neb. –– They will be back like a bad hangover.
And, they’ll be setting up what has become known as the Whiteclay Blockade – a blockade that serves as a one-day barrier to what amounts to the smuggling of alcohol – beer, mostly – onto the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. (more…)
Published Friday July 2, 2010
BY MARY GARRIGAN
RAPID CITY JOURNAL
Oglala Sioux Tribe police officers set up alcohol checkpoints outside Whiteclay, Neb., on Thursday and confiscated 52 cases of beer that were being transported to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, according to a blockade organizer. (more…)
Published Thursday February 25, 2010
SIOUX CITY JOURNAL
Native American activist Frank LaMere and filmmaker Mark Vasina will discuss the 2008 documentary, “The Battle for Whiteclay,” at the 8th Annual Mount Sinai Global Health Conference, Feb. 26-27 in New York City. (more…)
Published Sunday January 17, 2010
BY PAUL HAMMEL
OMAHA WORLD-HERALD
LINCOLN — With its street drunks, vacant buildings and blowing trash, Whiteclay, Neb., has earned the title of “Skid Row of the Plains.”
But an effort is under way to create more jobs in the border town, creating some opportunity behind the decay and despair.
And another plan focuses on physically cleaning up the unincorporated community and providing more alcoholism treatment, law enforcement and jobs there. (more…)
Published Thursday January 14, 2010
BY MARY GARRIGAN
RAPID CITY JOURNAL
A small group of Native American activists will march into Whiteclay, Neb., at 1 p.m. today to present a lawsuit they plan to file accusing four Whiteclay beer sellers and a Christian ministry of violating the “bad man” clause of the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty. (more…)
Published Wednesday July 1, 2009
BY JOHN AXTELL
KQSK 97.5 FM (Double Q Country Radio) / Chadron, Neb.
The anti-alcohol activists who organized today’s alcohol blockade at the Nebraska-South Dakota state line north of Whiteclay think it may have renewed efforts to halt alcohol sales in the unicorporated border community.
Officially an alcohol checkpoint, the blockade saw members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety spend several hours checking vehicles coming onto the Pine Ridge Reservation from Whiteclay for alcohol.
Published Tuesday June 23, 2009
BY JOHN AXTELL
KQSK-FM (Double Q Country Radio) / Chadron, Neb.
The 27th annual Sacred Hoop Run began its 500 mile trip around the Black Hills Monday morning in South Dakota at Bear Butte…a site held sacred by many American Indian tribes.
The run was started to emphasize drug and alcohol-free lifestyles, spirituality, treaty rights, and education. Spokesman Duane Martin Sr says more than 300 people of all ages are taking part, with about 2 dozen traveling the entire distance.