âIâd just kind of grown into it, if you will,â he said. âSo now I just have to grow into being used to it being short again.â
Heâs also sad he never received $1 million for the CUES School System to trim it early, although heâs grateful that a vaccine has been developed that can save lives.
âI would have appreciated the million-dollar gift,â he said. âObviously the vaccine is going to be a blessing for so many more people. I would have taken both.â
Itâs never too late to help out needy area Catholic grade schools, he said, even if the long locks are gone.
Haaland nomination to Interior Department ‘an unprecedented nod to Indian country’
Joseph Morton and Jessica Wehrman
Cq-Roll Call
As the chief executive officer of Ho-Chunk, Inc., the economic development corporation owned by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, Lance Morgan says he knows who makes the big decisions in an organization.
That’s why he was pleased Thursday to learn Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., will be nominated by President-elect Joe Biden as the first Native American to lead the Interior Department.
After all, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, located within the department, answers to the person sitting in the secretary’s chair.
by Christina Stella, NET News
(Photo taken from NET coverage of 2014 Class C1 Boys Basketball Flashback, Bishop Neumann vs. Wahoo)
Christina Stella, NET News
December 17, 2020 - 4:35pm
In testimony sessions this week with the Nebraska Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, local Tribal leaders said it’s time for schools statewide to have a reckoning around the use of Native American names, symbols, and images for their mascots.
The conversations came soon after the Cleveland Indians announced the team would begin the process of retiring its name and Native American mascot, which both had been widely criticized for popularizing racist depictions of Indigenous people. And in July, the Washington Football Team made its new name official after dropping its previous name, a racial slur for Native Americans.
December 17, 2020
The economic development arm of the federally-recognized Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska has reportedly premiered a new enterprise that is to manage a trio of casinos it is hoping to begin opening from next year.
According to a Wednesday report from the Star-Herald newspaper, the Ho-Chunk Incorporated entity revealed that its new WarHorse Gaming concern has partnered with the Nebraska Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association as part of a plan to bring casino gaming to state-licensed horseracing tracks in the communities of Lincoln, South Sioux City and Omaha.
Successful sanction:
Ho-Chunk Incorporated purportedly announced that it envisions being able to premiere limited casino gaming at the three venues under the stewardship of its