Honoring Doc Susan: First Native hospital, built by nation’s first Native doctor, to again care for Nebraskans
An all-volunteer group raised $6 million to restore the famed hospital, built by Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte in Walthill after the country’s first Native doctor cared for the residents of the sprawling Omaha reservation for years.
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Flatwater Explains is an occasional series during which FFP reporters explain the people, places and things that make Nebraska what it is, while answering questions that both long-time residents and first-time visitors might have.
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Flatwater Explains: Sandhill Cranes
Each spring, some of Nebraska’s most anticipated visitors descend on the Platte River in droves, both by land and by air: the sandhill cranes and the people who come to look at them. Read more
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Flatwater Explains: Where does Nebraska’s corn go?
Only a small portion of Nebraska’s corn ends up at the grocery store, and then often in an indirect way. So, if the destination for Nebraska corn isn’t the frozen aisle, it raises the question: What are all those endless cornfields for, anyway? Read more
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