Mellon Project
Walking in the Footsteps of Our Ancestors
Re-Indigenizing Southeast Nebraska
A joint project of the Center and the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma that aims to promote healing and reconciliation in southeast Nebraska by reconnecting the Otoe-Missouria to their homelands and educating non-Native people about the history and ongoing presence of Indigenous peoples in our region.
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Established 2014
Ecotourism
GREAT PLAINS ECOTOURISM COALITION
the Great Plains is filled with biodiversity, critical habitats, and wonderful opportunities for people to have fun while deeply engaging with nature. Ecotourism is conservation that works with business, landowners, and communities in preserving our rural communities and dwindling wild places. For many locations, nature-based tourism has provided a way to enrich human communities while protecting cultural heritage and natural areas.
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With Homestead National Historical Park
Black Homesteader Project
Homesteading was a central feature of the Euro American, African American, and immigrant settlement of the Great Plains. This project seeks to learn, preserve, and disseminate the story of African Americans who homesteaded in the Great Plains. The project is a collaborative effort with Nicodemus National Historic Site and the Homestead National Historical Park and is partially funded by the National Park Service.
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The Stubbendieck Distinguished
Great Plains Book Prize
Each year the Center for Great Plains Studies presents a prize for the previous year's best book on the Great Plains. The Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize carries a cash award of $10,000, generously supported by Jim and Cheryl Stubbendieck.
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Affiliated project
Reconciliation Rising
Reconciliation Rising is a multimedia project that showcases the lives and work of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the U.S. who are engaged in honestly confronting painful and traumatic histories, promoting meaningful and respectful dialogue between Natives and non-Natives, and creating pathways to reconciliation. This project is an affiliated project of the Center for Great Plains Studies.
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VIDEO & PODCAST SERIES
Great Plains Anywhere
Great Plains Anywhere is a video and podcast series exploring the Great Plains through interviews, presentations, and conversations with experts from many different disciplines.
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