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A History Of Native People In Nebraska, Part I, Gabriel Bruguier Sep 2025

A History Of Native People In Nebraska, Part I, Gabriel Bruguier

Truth and Reconciliation History Project

The following isn’t a comprehensive history; the aim is to highlight important events and the ideas of those whose actions brought forth the history of the region and eventually the state of Nebraska. Using an analogy from the book The Nebraska State Constitution, we can think of how the state developed as a sort of fence, a way of separating what is “mine” and “yours”, who is “us” and “them,” and who the “insiders” and “outsiders” are.9 In examining the period leading up to the formation of Nebraska Territory, it is instructive to point to how outside forces desired and …


Voices Of Latinidad: A Truth And Reconciliation Movement To Preserve Latino And Latina History, J.S. Onésimo (Ness) Sándoval Sep 2025

Voices Of Latinidad: A Truth And Reconciliation Movement To Preserve Latino And Latina History, J.S. Onésimo (Ness) Sándoval

Truth and Reconciliation History Project

This chapter began as a quest to tell the story of Latinidad in Nebraska. It is not meant to be a historical account of Latinos or Latinidad, nor a socioeconomic analysis. Instead, it has evolved into an accessible narrative highlighting the accomplishments of Latinos in Nebraska. The accounts and data presented serve as a public testimony and starting point for discussions that acknowledge Latinos’ presence. These accounts were not designed as an academic treatment for scholarly work but aim to inspire future scholars to research the lives and accomplishments of Latinos in Nebraska. Latinos have long been an integral part …


Native Americans, Part Ii, Kevin Abourezk Sep 2025

Native Americans, Part Ii, Kevin Abourezk

Truth and Reconciliation History Project

The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s – aimed at abolishing legalized racial segregation and discrimination across the United States – found expression in Nebraska in many ways. From college protests to marches in Lincoln, the movement found a home within the youth and counterculture communities of Lincoln and Omaha. But less known is the way the movement impacted Native American populations, especially those in remote Nebraska communities. “Just as young Hispanics, Asians, and Native Americans across the nation were learning the lessons of the black experience of the 1960s and expressing their identity as they sought to …


Contributors And Acknowledgments For Roots Of Justice: A History Of Race And Racism In Nebraska Sep 2025

Contributors And Acknowledgments For Roots Of Justice: A History Of Race And Racism In Nebraska

Truth and Reconciliation History Project

Paul A. Olson, M. Dewayne Mays, Gabriel Bruguier, Kevin Abourezk, Preston Love, Jr., with Adam Fletcher Sasse, Heather Fryer, Sharon Ishii-Jordan, Emira Ibrahimpašić, and Julia Reilly

Acknowledgements


Frontmatter And Foreword To Roots Of Justice: A History Of Race And Racism In Nebraska, Bill Arfmann Sep 2025

Frontmatter And Foreword To Roots Of Justice: A History Of Race And Racism In Nebraska, Bill Arfmann

Truth and Reconciliation History Project

Covers, Table of Contents, and Foreword:

There is much to understand about the history of Nebraska and how the past shapes the present. This book attempts to bring into clearer focus the triumphs and trials of five broad groups whose lives have often been overlooked when the state’s history is told. The authors know some of this history of racism firsthand: Most of them have lived as people of color in Nebraska. They’ve experienced “the good, the bad and the ugly” that makes up our state story. We encourage educators, scholars and family historians to continue to dig, to document …


Introduction To Roots Of Justice: A History Of Race And Racism In Nebraska, M. Dewayne Mays, Paul Olson Sep 2025

Introduction To Roots Of Justice: A History Of Race And Racism In Nebraska, M. Dewayne Mays, Paul Olson

Truth and Reconciliation History Project

Nebraska has made racism a way of life through most of its history. It is still the way of life for many. In 2020, a Nebraska columnist wrote the following about Nebraska: “[T]he issues stemming from racism can seem like foreign concepts, confined to the larger cities (or the American South) and relics of a distant past.”2 The column goes on to show that these issues were not confined to large cities or to the South; they rested on our back door in Nebraska. Yet, one often heard back as far as one could remember that Nebraska is not and …


An Uncomfortable Truth: Indigenous Communities And Law In New England: Roger Williams University Law Review Symposium 10/22/2021, Roger Williams University School Of Law Oct 2021

An Uncomfortable Truth: Indigenous Communities And Law In New England: Roger Williams University Law Review Symposium 10/22/2021, Roger Williams University School Of Law

School of Law Conferences, Lectures & Events

No abstract provided.


On The Plains In ’65 : The 6th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry In The West, George H. Holliday, Glenn V. Longacre Jan 2021

On The Plains In ’65 : The 6th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry In The West, George H. Holliday, Glenn V. Longacre

Ohio University Press Open Access Books

A new scholarly edition of an Ohio boy soldier’s revealing post-Civil War memoir.

This annotated edition of Holliday’s recollections—known primarily among historians of the American West—re-contextualizes his memoir to include his boyhood in southern Ohio and the largely untold story of the hundreds of Buckeyes who crossed the Ohio River to serve their country in Virginia (later West Virginia) regiments, ultimately traveling across Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming to safeguard mail and stage routes along the celebrated Oregon Trail during a pivotal time in American history.

Glenn Longacre’s extensive research in federal, state, and local archives, manuscript collections, and period …


The Genoa Indian School: A Mixed Legacy; 50 Years Of Transformation, Survival, And Hope In A United States Government Indian Boarding School On The Nebraska Plains, Shelley R. Frear Nov 2012

The Genoa Indian School: A Mixed Legacy; 50 Years Of Transformation, Survival, And Hope In A United States Government Indian Boarding School On The Nebraska Plains, Shelley R. Frear

History Theses, Dissertations, and Student Creative Activity

In 1884, the Genoa Industrial Indian School became part of the government's off-reservation Indian boarding school system. The students who attended Genoa throughout the course of her fifty years came from many different tribes and brought with them a variety of backgrounds. Each student experienced Genoa in his or her own way. Individual experiences were influenced by their time of arrival; the policies and procedures in place in Washington and locally, as well as the administration in charge. For some students, their years at Genoa were positive; but for many others, loneliness, sorrow, abuse, or anger left a resounding negative …


Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1973, John D. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1973

Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1973, John D. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nebraska

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year.  Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location.  Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically.  Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1969, John D. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1969

Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1969, John D. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nebraska

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year.  Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location.  Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically.  Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1968, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1968

Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1968, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nebraska

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1966, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1966

Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1966, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nebraska

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1965, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1965

Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1965, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nebraska

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1963, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1963

Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1963, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nebraska

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1962, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1962

Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1962, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nebraska

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1961, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1961

Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1961, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nebraska

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1960, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1960

Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1960, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nebraska

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1959, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1959

Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1959, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nebraska

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1958, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1958

Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1958, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nebraska

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1957, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1957

Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1957, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nebraska

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1951, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1951

Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1951, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nebraska

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1950, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1950

Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1950, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nebraska

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1949, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1949

Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1949, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nebraska

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School,1948, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1948

Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School,1948, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nebraska

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1947, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1947

Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1947, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nebraska

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1946, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1946

Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1946, John B. Tennelly, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nebraska

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1932, William M. Hughes, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1932

Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1932, William M. Hughes, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nebraska

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1931, William M. Hughes, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1931

Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation, St. Augustine's Mission School, 1931, William M. Hughes, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nebraska

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …


Nebraska, Santee Reservation, Sacred Heart Mission, 1931, William M. Hughes, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions Jan 1931

Nebraska, Santee Reservation, Sacred Heart Mission, 1931, William M. Hughes, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nebraska

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …