PAWNEE -- It was called a day of blessing at the Pawnee Nation.
Over 100 tribal members and their band chiefs gathered Saturday at the Pawnee danceground to honor Roger Welsch and his wife, Linda, for their gift of some 60 acres of pristine Nebraska farmland.
Welsch, a writer, is also a history buff who learned through his research that the Pawnees once inhabited the area where he lives near Dannebrog, Neb., particularly land around the Loup River.
The deed to the land was given to the 3,000-member tribe in a ceremony punctuated by the Welsches receiving honorary Pawnee tribal membership. The event started with a pipe ceremony followed by a feast, an honor dance and concluded with a cedar ceremony for the man who said he was moved to give the land back to the people who he felt had rightful ownership.
"It's something we had no choice in because it had to be done," Welsch said. "These people are not guests on our land, but rather we are guests on their land."
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