The infamous town of Whiteclay, Nebraska has a population of less than 15 people and exists to sell alcohol to the neighboring Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where alcohol is banned and whose population is afflicted by third-world living conditions. Replacing the 50 square-mile buffer zone removed by Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 would put the tribe in control of Whiteclay and render alcohol sales illegal.
This petition was started on behalf of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Whiteclay Awareness, a student group at Creighton University.
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