Published Thursday June 18, 2009
THE CHADRON RECORD
The annual March for Justice from Pine Ridge, S.D., to Whiteclay marked its 10th anniversary Saturday – 10 years since Wilson “Wally” Black Elk Jr. and Ron Hard Heart were found beaten to death just north of Whiteclay on the Pine Ridge Reservation. (more…)
Published Tuesday June 2, 2009
BY HEIDI BELL GEASE
RAPID CITY JOURNAL
Ten years after his brother and cousin were found beaten to death on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Tom Poor Bear is once again preparing to march in their memory.
The annual March for Justice, set for June 13, is to remind people of Wilson “Wally” Black Elk Jr. and Ron Hard Heart, along with other Native Americans whose murders remain unsolved. (more…)
Published Saturday March 7, 2009
OMAHA WORLD-HERALD
1998 — Activists ask the Nebraska Liquor Commission to shut down four liquor stores in Whiteclay, saying the stores exploit American Indians who live on the nearby Pine Ridge reservation. (more…)
Published Tuesday March 3, 2009
BY MARTHA STODDARD
OMAHA WORLD-HERALD
LINCOLN — Activists announced a special commemoration this year of the two men whose unsolved slayings sparked a decade of efforts to address alcohol sales in the village of Whiteclay, Neb.
Frank LaMere, a member of the Winnebago Tribe, told participants at a wind-whipped rally Monday at the State Capitol that a march is planned in June from Pine Ridge, S.D., to Whiteclay. (more…)
Published Monday March 2, 2009
BY KEVIN ABOUREZK
LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
About two dozen people huddled together in a cold wind Monday morning for a prayer ceremony and rally on the west steps of the state Capitol to protest alcohol sales in Whiteclay, where four beer stores sell an estimated 11,000 cans of beer a day mostly to Oglala Sioux tribal members.
Published Monday March 2, 2009
By KEVIN ABOUREZK
LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
About two dozen people huddled together in a cold wind for a prayer ceremony and rally on the west steps of the Capitol to protest alcohol sales in Whiteclay.
Several Lincoln and Omaha clergy members spoke at the Monday rally, along with Winnebago activist Frank LaMere and Mark Vasina of Nebraskans for Peace. (more…)
Published August 31, 2007
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. – An American Indian activist and Nebraskans for Peace have challenged Anheuser-Busch to “distribute responsibly,” playing off the corporation’s advertising slogan of “drink responsibly.”
Activist Frank LaMere and members of Nebraskans For Peace stood across the street from the High Plains Budweiser distributorship in Scottsbluff as part of a protest Thursday. The group said Anheuser-Busch is not living up to its own advertising slogan by allowing sales of beer to liquor outlets in the border town of Whiteclay, south of the dry Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. (more…)
Published August 31, 2007
KDUH-TV Channel 4, Scottsbluff, Neb.
Efforst to stop alcohol flowing from Whiteclay, Nebraska to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation moved to the Panhandle today, but protestors did not get the answers they were seeking.
Having been unsuccessful in attempts to blockade beer from entering the Pine Ridge Reservation from Nebraska, protestors took a different tack Thursday. Native American activists and members of Nebraskans for Peace picketed outside the Scottsbluff Budweiser distributorship, seeking the help of Anheuser-Busch in dealing with issues north of Whiteclay, including a reduction in alcohol-related deaths. (more…)
Published Friday August 31, 2007
BY MAUNETTE LOEKS
THE SCOTTSBLUFF STAR-HERALD
Protesters carrying signs reading “People Over Profit,” “Stop Alcohol Sales to Whiteclay” and “The King of Greed” called Thursday for corporations and citizens to help prevent alcohol from getting into the hands of American Indians living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Seven representatives of Nebraskans for Peace protested in front of the western Nebraska distributor of Anheuser-Busch products, High Plains Budweiser in Scottsbluff. (more…)
Published August 30, 2007
KNEB Radio, Scottsbluff, Neb.
Native American activist Frank LaMere challenged Anheuser-Busch to “distribute responsibly” during a protest Thursday in Scottsbluff concerning the corporation’s sale of beer to liquor outlets in the border town of Whiteclay south of the Pine Ridge reservation. LaMere, one of seven people including members of Nebraskans For Peace who stood across the street from the High Plains Budweiser distributorship, said Anheuser-Busch is not living up to its own advertising slogan by allowing sale of its products in Whiteclay. (more…)