Prairie Citizen: A New Forum for Great Plains Writing Join Prairie Citizen and contribute to a robust and lively forum presenting ideas about nature, community, and life in the grasslands. Cris Trautner Feb 9, 2018
The Country School Christmas Program The last part of November was preparation time for the big Christmas program at my country school. Ernest Rousek Dec 25, 2017
A One-Room Schoolhouse on the Prairie Grandpa looked at the shattered corn leaves. “This is hail country. We don’t want to settle here,” he stated in his native Czech. He was in the North Loup Valley in the early 1880s, looking for a suitable place to homestead. Ernest Rousek Dec 18, 2017
Loren Eiseley: Naturalist and Modern Shaman Now, more than ever, Eiseley’s message about humankind’s relationship to the environment is relevant in light of global warming, pollution, population growth, and resource depletion. Deborah Derrick Dec 8, 2017
Norris Alfred: Jobs and Satisfactory Living We take issue with the assertion that having a “job” is the prime reason for living. Norris Alfred Nov 30, 2017
Feya Candle: Building Our Own Company Nebraska business Feya Candle is successful and gives back with every sale, but the path began “out of a heaping pile of failure.” Sarah Spitsen Jun 13, 2019
Soundscapes There was a time, before industrialization and modern technology, when the only sounds heard outside of cities were from nature. Elizabeth Mack Jun 6, 2019
The Pawnee Reclaim Their Sacred Corn and Sacred History In 1998, the Pawnee began to revive their tribal culture, and an important part of that was finding and preserving traditional Pawnee corn seed. Gloria Bucco Mar 18, 2019
How Three Street Lanes Can Work Better than Four Learn how Lincoln, Nebraska, has applied the concept of 2 + 1 (two lanes of traffic with a shared center turn lane) to improve traffic flow, reduce pollution, and increase safety, bikeability, and walkability. Richard L. Schmeling Dec 7, 2018
