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The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, as a sovereign Nation, is committed, pursuant to its Constitution, to maintain, improving, and protecting the Tribe; To preserving its resources and cultural heritage; To creating opportunities for its members to thrive and become economically and socially self-sufficient as individuals, families and as a tribal ...
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The Winnebago Reservation of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska is located in Thurston County, Nebraska, United States. The tribal council offices are located in the town of Winnebago. [3] The villages of Emerson, south of First Street, as well as Thurston, are also located on the reservation.
Reservation. The tribe had (by the treaty of 1846) a vast wilderness area in central Minnesota Territory, the Long Prairie Reservation. [5] The Winnebago Reservation, established by a treaty on March 8, 1865, [6] is in Thurston and Dixon counties, Nebraska, and Woodbury County, Iowa. [7]
In 1865, during the constant upheaval that cost 700 tribal members their lives, the current Winnebago Reservation in northeastern Nebraska was established by the treaties of 1865 and 1874. Yet the tribe lost more than two-thirds of this land in the General Allotment Act of 1887.
The newly acquired reservation became an executive order reservation in 1865, and it was signed into law in 1866. Little Priest is honored annually with a Memorial Pow-wow on the Winnebago Reservation. The Nebraska Winnebago still have 27,500 acres from their 1865 reservation with 3100 tribal members in the 2000 census.
The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska is proud of its outstanding Wildlife & Parks Program and invites you to enjoy and hunt our Reservation. Each year we issue a limited number of permits based on the scientific findings of our biological staff.
Aug 4, 2024 · The Winnebago Reservation is unique because the tribe actually bought its own land, said Chamberlain, also the former vice chairman of the tribe. Through the 1800s, the U.S. government forcibly moved the Winnebago Tribe five times, from its ancestral homeland in Wisconsin eventually to Nebraska.
