Nebraska’s Wellnitz Fire on Pine Ridge Reservation Nearly Contained, Authorities Say

This story was filed on September 5, 2012

Charred remains were what was left of a chunk of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation on Tuesday September 4 after a Nebraska wildfire bled over the state border onto Oglala Sioux territory during the weekend. The Wellnitz fire had been…read more

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