{"id":27655,"date":"2020-02-25T13:48:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T19:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=27655"},"modified":"2020-02-25T13:48:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T19:48:41","slug":"bill-would-require-tribal-flag-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=27655","title":{"rendered":"Bill would require tribal flag display"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Executive Board heard testimony Feb. 25 on a bill that would require display of tribal flags in the Nebraska State Capitol.<\/p>\n

\"Sen.
Sen. Tom Brewer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Under LB937, sponsored by Sen. Tom Brewer of Gordon, flags representing the four federally recognized tribes with headquarters in the state\u2014the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, Santee Sioux Nation and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska\u2014would be displayed in the George W. Norris Legislative Chamber.<\/p>\n

The bill also would require that the flags of any Indian tribe with historical and regional connections to Nebraska be displayed in the Memorial Chamber on the Capitol\u2019s 14th floor.<\/p>\n

The state\u2019s Commission on Indian Affairs would be charged with obtaining the flags through donation from the tribes.<\/p>\n

Native American culture long has influenced Nebraska, Brewer said, including providing the state\u2019s name and that of its largest city, Omaha. Recognition of the sovereign tribes through the display of their flags is \u201clong overdue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201c[LB937] is a chance to say that we appreciate the history that Nebraska has with native tribes,\u201d Brewer said.<\/p>\n

Larry Wright Jr., chairperson of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, testified in support of the bill. He said the proposal would build upon recent, positive steps that the Legislature has taken to recognize native people\u2014including voting to place a statue of Chief Standing Bear in the U.S. Capitol to represent the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis may not seem big in all the work that you need to do as a state legislature and all the other issues that are going on, but we think this small step has huge ramifications for our people and what it means to our tribal citizens [who] are also citizens of Nebraska,\u201d Wright said.<\/p>\n

Also testifying in support was Leo Yankton, a national speaker and member of the Oglala Lakota Nation. Yankton said he encounters many individuals who don\u2019t realize that native people still exist in Nebraska. The bill would provide an opportunity to teach people about the state\u2019s native population and its recognized tribes, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that this has an educational aspect to it as well,\u201d Yankton said. \u201cI\u2019m actually excited about the fact that I can speak to you about this because it shows how much we\u2019re growing together\u2014how much we\u2019re becoming one nation like we are supposed to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

No one testified in opposition to LB937 and the committee took no immediate action on the bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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