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Nitrogen, phosphorus, chloride, oil and cyanide among the 371m lb of pollutants released by just 41 plants in five years

The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development has awarded Aaron LaPointe, an enrolled member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and business director at Ho-Chunk, Inc., its Native American

December 8-9, 2023 Divots Conference Center, 4200 W. Norfolk Avenue, Norfolk, NE 68701 Lincoln, Nebraska. “Proudly Serving Family Farm, Ranch, & Rural Families Since 1913″ is the theme for the 110th annual Nebraska Farmers Union (NeFU) state convention.  John Hansen, NeFU President said,...

Aaron LaPointe sits behind a desk in the Little Priest Tribal College’s library basement in Winnebago, Nebraska, ready to speak to a class in a new

In the past five years, the Winnebago, the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska and the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska have bought 3,000-odd acres of farmland that was once theirs.

Three Native tribes are rebuying back land that was once theirs, before the U.S. government took some and then desperation stole more. Getting it back isn’t cheap.

In the past five years, three Nebraska tribes – the Winnebago, the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska and the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska – have bought an estimated 3,000 acres, total, of farmland that was

Under proposed rules from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, oil and gas well operations across the nation would be required to strengthen leak detection, repairs and regular inspections. Morgan King, climate campaign coordinator for the West Virginia Rivers Coalition, explained the new rules would clamp down on the practice of lighting gas on fire at production sites, known as routine flaring, which releases large amounts of methane and other air pollutants into the atmosphere, which ne...

A northeast Nebraska farming operation is starting the new year with an even bigger commitment to conservation, and they hope other farms take note.

A decade ago, the Winnebago Tribe adopted a policy to lease back tribal lands from white farmers. Today, the tribe operates as one of the largest producers of organic crops