The unincorporated town of Whiteclay, Nebraska, was once an ugly stain on the state.
It sits just two miles from Pine Ridge Village, which is home to the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
Whiteclay may only boast a population of 12 people, but the town’s 4 liquor stores sold 4 million cans of beer annually. It may seem like a booming industry but it took advantage of the Tribal citizens of Pine Ridge, which is a dry reservation, by contributing to already e