Setting notes for "Within the Souls of Men"
These are the setting notes for "Within the Souls of Men."
Read about the history of Nebraska. See maps of its native tribes and modern reservations.
A road sign marks the border of the Omaha Indian Reservation.
Farms cover the rolling hills in parts of the reservation. Treelines mark where creeks flow.
Macy, Nebraska is the largest town on the Omaha Reservation. Yellow Smoke Street is a short span of Bank Street near the intersection with US-75. The far side of US-75 has Bank Street as BIA Road 201. In Terramagne, 411 Yellow Smoke Street is Yellow Smoke Park. This is a small dirt park between Park-Hill Housing and the forest bordering US-75. It is used for dirt bikes, off-road vehicles, and other rough activities. The Ebonies & Ivories use this as a fallback position in case Omaha gets overrun, because it's easy to find but there's nothing to break there.
The Tribal Headquarters is across from the Omaha Nation Food Distribution Center (see the food sign).
The Tribal Headquarters building includes several consultation rooms. This one features wall decorations including a bustle and breastplate such as used in regalia, tables for holding lamps and other things, a couch, easy chairs, and wooden chairs. The cushions are decorated with sacred animals include bears, elk, and fish. This cozy, culture-affirming room assists in conflict resolution, healing, and other objectives.
The Omaha Reservation has caught bobcats on trail cameras. They often hunt around brushpiles because many of their prey animals (rabbits, mice, birds, etc.) like to hide there.
In some places, roads are just a mowed strip along a fence. Here pheasants follow a dirt road in winter. At the edge of a forest, wild turkeys forage in a cornfield after harvest. In a hayfield, a hawk watches a doe; native flowers around the edge of the field provide habitat for wildlife including beneficial insects.
Seen from a road, the Missouri River is topped with fog. A long view shows the river rounding a bend. A closeup of the river shore includes old treestumps. The Big Elk Wildlife Park often floods.
Read about the history of Nebraska. See maps of its native tribes and modern reservations.
A road sign marks the border of the Omaha Indian Reservation.
Farms cover the rolling hills in parts of the reservation. Treelines mark where creeks flow.
Macy, Nebraska is the largest town on the Omaha Reservation. Yellow Smoke Street is a short span of Bank Street near the intersection with US-75. The far side of US-75 has Bank Street as BIA Road 201. In Terramagne, 411 Yellow Smoke Street is Yellow Smoke Park. This is a small dirt park between Park-Hill Housing and the forest bordering US-75. It is used for dirt bikes, off-road vehicles, and other rough activities. The Ebonies & Ivories use this as a fallback position in case Omaha gets overrun, because it's easy to find but there's nothing to break there.
The Tribal Headquarters is across from the Omaha Nation Food Distribution Center (see the food sign).
The Tribal Headquarters building includes several consultation rooms. This one features wall decorations including a bustle and breastplate such as used in regalia, tables for holding lamps and other things, a couch, easy chairs, and wooden chairs. The cushions are decorated with sacred animals include bears, elk, and fish. This cozy, culture-affirming room assists in conflict resolution, healing, and other objectives.
The Omaha Reservation has caught bobcats on trail cameras. They often hunt around brushpiles because many of their prey animals (rabbits, mice, birds, etc.) like to hide there.
In some places, roads are just a mowed strip along a fence. Here pheasants follow a dirt road in winter. At the edge of a forest, wild turkeys forage in a cornfield after harvest. In a hayfield, a hawk watches a doe; native flowers around the edge of the field provide habitat for wildlife including beneficial insects.
Seen from a road, the Missouri River is topped with fog. A long view shows the river rounding a bend. A closeup of the river shore includes old treestumps. The Big Elk Wildlife Park often floods.