Post by blackcrowheart on Mar 11, 2006 21:07:10 GMT -5
Former Omaha tribal chairman dies
By the Lincoln Journal Star
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A former chairman of the Omaha Tribe who served on the tribe's
council for 32 years died Sunday from complications due to diabetes, and
kidney and heart failure.
Doran L. Morris Sr., 63, was surrounded by his wife, children, relatives
and friends at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa, according to a
press release from the tribe.
Born and raised on the Omaha Indian Reservation in northeast Nebraska,
Morris had served as the tribe's chairman during the 1980s.
As chairman, Morris was instrumental in recovering title to the Omaha
Tribe's ancestral land in Iowa, the tribe said.
Morris also led the tribe toward greater self-sufficiency by pursuing a
gaming operation that eventually became Casino Omaha in Onawa, Iowa, the
tribe said. Casino Omaha opened in 1992, bringing sorely needed revenue
and employment opportunities to the tribe, the press release stated.
Morris represented the Omaha Tribe in the National Congress of American
Indians, the National Indian Gaming Association and the Mni Sose
Intertribal Water Rights Coalition. He also served as a roadman and
director of the Omaha Tribe's Native American Church.
Morris was awarded an honorary doctorate in humanities in 1992 by the
Nebraska Indian Community College in recognition for his service to the
tribe.
Services for Morris will be held at noon today at the Omaha Nation
School in Macy.
By the Lincoln Journal Star
www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/03/08/local/doc440f683ea81ac905\
934331.txt
<http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/03/08/local/doc440f683ea81ac90\
5934331.txt>
A former chairman of the Omaha Tribe who served on the tribe's
council for 32 years died Sunday from complications due to diabetes, and
kidney and heart failure.
Doran L. Morris Sr., 63, was surrounded by his wife, children, relatives
and friends at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa, according to a
press release from the tribe.
Born and raised on the Omaha Indian Reservation in northeast Nebraska,
Morris had served as the tribe's chairman during the 1980s.
As chairman, Morris was instrumental in recovering title to the Omaha
Tribe's ancestral land in Iowa, the tribe said.
Morris also led the tribe toward greater self-sufficiency by pursuing a
gaming operation that eventually became Casino Omaha in Onawa, Iowa, the
tribe said. Casino Omaha opened in 1992, bringing sorely needed revenue
and employment opportunities to the tribe, the press release stated.
Morris represented the Omaha Tribe in the National Congress of American
Indians, the National Indian Gaming Association and the Mni Sose
Intertribal Water Rights Coalition. He also served as a roadman and
director of the Omaha Tribe's Native American Church.
Morris was awarded an honorary doctorate in humanities in 1992 by the
Nebraska Indian Community College in recognition for his service to the
tribe.
Services for Morris will be held at noon today at the Omaha Nation
School in Macy.