Former nurse who drew public attention to victims of Whiteclay needs help

By: Paul Hammel

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: May 4, 2026

Words: 1,619

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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LINCOLN — For years, the saga of the never-ending flow of alcohol from the tiny Nebraska village of Whiteclay to the adjacent Pine Ridge Indian Reservation focused on drunken people on the street.

They were a group of a dozen or more people without homes who drank openly along the dusty highway from beer cans wrapped in paper bags until they were in a stupor. Trash littered the sidewalk, which smelled of urine and worse.

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