Nov. 18, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Niskíthe Community Raises Tipi Outside Courthouse Ahead of Hearing Members of the Niskíthe Prayer Camp, the Indian Center, and Kathleen Danker head to Lancaster County District court today, Friday, Nov. 18th at 2:30pm to ask a judge to dismiss the City’s lawsuit against them. The city’s lawsuit seeks to bar […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lincoln, NE, 5/16/2022 – The Niskithe Prayer Camp releases a statement and defines next steps. On Tuesday they will begin to take down the tipis; on Wednesday they will lead a prayer march with the final tipi from the camp to City Hall and the Cathedral. Their work will continue after the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LINCOLN, NE 5/9/2022 – The Niskíthe Prayer Camp has issued the following statement to update the community on where we stand. Statement: Where we stand Today we begin the second week of our peaceful occupation of the land. Niskíthe Prayer Camp started as an act of resistance in the face of erasure […]
On Saturday May 7, a few friends and I and about 150 other people accepted the invitation from the Niskíthe Prayer Camp to join them for a Round Dance at 5:00 pm. When we arrived, we were greeted by the breathtaking sight of 7 tipis set up on a ridge of land where Manzitto Construction, […]
