Sept. 21 marked the anniversary of when the Otoe-Missouria tribe was forced out of their lands, which would later become the city of Lincoln, Nebraska, and moved to a reservation in Oklahoma. Now the tribe hopes the day will serve as an annual reminder of reconciliation.
Lincoln s mayor proclaimed Wednesday Otoe-Missouria Day to recognize the tribe s ancestral lands in and around Lincoln as part of an effort to reconcile a painful past and forge new relationships.
“The Supreme Court’s decision today is an attack on tribal sovereignty and the hard-fought progress of our ancestors to exercise our inherent sovereignty over our own territories,” said National Congress of American Indians President Fawn Sharp.
Secretary Janet Yellen is the first leader of the Department of the Treasury to visit Indian Country. Here s what she said at her meeting with the Rosebud Sioux Tribe.