LINCOLN- The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska stands to receive 1,600 acres of land that was taken from them half a century ago for a recreation area that never materialized. The land, which rests on the Iowa side of the Missouri River, would be returned to the Tribe under a bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, as well as Sen. Pete Ricketts and Iowa Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst.

The chairman of the Winnebago Tribe, Victoria Kitcheyan, said the return of the land will be a "historic and beautiful moment" for her people, whose reservation is located north of Omaha. "We have been waiting for this wrong to be made right," said Kitcheyan in a press release that expressed thanks to the Nebraska and Iowa senators.

Sen. Fischer said it was wrong for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to seize the land back in 1970, and that "it's time to make this right." Today, the land is managed by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, who, in a recent management renewal agreement with the Army Corps, agreed to give the land back to the tribe.

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