HASTINGS, Neb. | When the Pawnee Nation was forced from its homeland in Nebraska to a reservation in Oklahoma in the 1870s, they lost a lot more than their home and their lives. "There were 12,000, ...
Efforts to grow corn in Oklahoma had not been successful, so Pawnee elders gave O'Brien some of their precious few remaining kernels to plant in Nebraska soil. Since then, Nebraska and Oklahoma ...
Imagine if you had to move from your family’s centuries-old homeland to a place with climate and natural resources that don’t fit your livelihood of farming and hunting. Approximately 2,000 Pawnee ...
Great Platte River Road Archway Cultural Education Director Ronnie O’Brien roasts eagle corn Monday afternoon in the archway earth lodge. She hopes to send 20 cups of dried kernels to Oklahoma, where ...