{"title":"The Sleeping Giant Awakens: Genocide, Indian Residential Schools, and the Challenge of Conciliation by David B. MacDonald (review)","authors":"Jarvis Brownlie","doi":"10.1353/gpr.2022.0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/gpr.2022.0016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35980,"journal":{"name":"Great Plains Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44259427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Finding Refuge in Canada: Narratives of Dislocation ed. by George Melnyk and Christina Parker","authors":"G. Abeshu","doi":"10.1353/gpr.2022.0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/gpr.2022.0019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35980,"journal":{"name":"Great Plains Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49522810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
abstract:Cattle feedyards, or feedlots, are a common feature of the Great Plains. These animal feeding operations shape the region’s landscape, economy, and social fabric and form an integral part of the American beef industry. They also rely on the labor of thousands of workers, many of whom are migrants, immigrants, and refugees, who often perform dirty, dangerous, and demanding jobs in challenging conditions with high risk of injury. To improve the safety and health of feedyard workers, a multidisciplinary team of researchers and industry stakeholders are collaborating to produce a voluntary, module-based safety and health training program that addresses many of the top hazards on feedyards. This article presents key insights and recommendations emerging from ongoing ethnographic research that informs this project by exploring the perspectives, experiences, and needs of feedyard workers and other stakeholders. Our findings suggest that this program has the potential and opportunity to help meet the needs of feedyard managers, address gaps in limited training, and improve the safety and health of workers. These efforts and other initiatives that address the well-being of feedyard workers may benefit by considering their precarity, along with the broader context of their lives and rural change in the Great Plains.
{"title":"Cattle Feedyard Workers in Rural Nebraska: Safety, Health, and Precarity","authors":"Ryan T. Klataske, Casper G Bendixsen","doi":"10.1353/gpr.2022.0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/gpr.2022.0013","url":null,"abstract":"abstract:Cattle feedyards, or feedlots, are a common feature of the Great Plains. These animal feeding operations shape the region’s landscape, economy, and social fabric and form an integral part of the American beef industry. They also rely on the labor of thousands of workers, many of whom are migrants, immigrants, and refugees, who often perform dirty, dangerous, and demanding jobs in challenging conditions with high risk of injury. To improve the safety and health of feedyard workers, a multidisciplinary team of researchers and industry stakeholders are collaborating to produce a voluntary, module-based safety and health training program that addresses many of the top hazards on feedyards. This article presents key insights and recommendations emerging from ongoing ethnographic research that informs this project by exploring the perspectives, experiences, and needs of feedyard workers and other stakeholders. Our findings suggest that this program has the potential and opportunity to help meet the needs of feedyard managers, address gaps in limited training, and improve the safety and health of workers. These efforts and other initiatives that address the well-being of feedyard workers may benefit by considering their precarity, along with the broader context of their lives and rural change in the Great Plains.","PeriodicalId":35980,"journal":{"name":"Great Plains Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46783106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
abstract:Drawing on results from an online survey of the mobility of people who grew up in Nebraska, this research situates itself within emerging scholarship on the intersection of gender and residential decision-making by addressing which factors are considered most important among women and men in the decision to stay in, leave, or return to the rural Great Plains. The results of the survey show that the rural Great Plains is a place that people happily choose to stay in or return to, and one that is missed by many who leave it. At the same time, the female–male contrast shown in the survey results reveals that the mobility of the region's women and men is generally dictated by two separate sets of factors, family and work.
{"title":"Gender and Residential Decision-Making in the Rural Great Plains","authors":"A. Husa","doi":"10.1353/gpr.2022.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/gpr.2022.0001","url":null,"abstract":"abstract:Drawing on results from an online survey of the mobility of people who grew up in Nebraska, this research situates itself within emerging scholarship on the intersection of gender and residential decision-making by addressing which factors are considered most important among women and men in the decision to stay in, leave, or return to the rural Great Plains. The results of the survey show that the rural Great Plains is a place that people happily choose to stay in or return to, and one that is missed by many who leave it. At the same time, the female–male contrast shown in the survey results reveals that the mobility of the region's women and men is generally dictated by two separate sets of factors, family and work.","PeriodicalId":35980,"journal":{"name":"Great Plains Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47238588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
abstract:The Nebraska Sandhills comprises the largest stabilized sand-dune formation in the Western Hemisphere and the major recharge area for the High Plains groundwater aquifer. The grass-stabilized sand dunes are interspersed with wet valleys where groundwater is at or near the surface. The dominant land use is cattle grazing, and grass cover is likely key to dune stability. Grass cover, however, is likely highly dependent on landscape position and moisture status. We focused this study on an area managed for cattle grazing and wild hay production for over a century, representative of the relatively low-intensity land use throughout the central Sandhills. We used field plots, drone imagery, and analyses of satellite imagery, together with drought indices, to document dune-to-valley patterns. Results indicate that warm-season (C4) grasses and bare ground are more prevalent on dune tops while cool-season (C3) grasses dominate valley bottoms, especially in the groundwater-irrigated hay meadows. Thirty-five years of Landsat imagery revealed higher greenness (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index—NDVI) values in lowlands compared to uplands. Finally, greenness of both valleys and dunes responded to drought, as measured by the Standardized Precipitation-Evaporation Index, but dunes showed stronger correlation than did valleys to short-term drought. Overall, our study suggests that landscape complexity in the Nebraska Sandhills is a key element controlling its function and is likely key to the sustainability of the social-ecological system.
{"title":"Landscape Variability Underpinning the Social-Ecological System in the Nebraska Sandhills","authors":"M. Vinton, A. Larsen","doi":"10.1353/gpr.2022.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/gpr.2022.0005","url":null,"abstract":"abstract:The Nebraska Sandhills comprises the largest stabilized sand-dune formation in the Western Hemisphere and the major recharge area for the High Plains groundwater aquifer. The grass-stabilized sand dunes are interspersed with wet valleys where groundwater is at or near the surface. The dominant land use is cattle grazing, and grass cover is likely key to dune stability. Grass cover, however, is likely highly dependent on landscape position and moisture status. We focused this study on an area managed for cattle grazing and wild hay production for over a century, representative of the relatively low-intensity land use throughout the central Sandhills. We used field plots, drone imagery, and analyses of satellite imagery, together with drought indices, to document dune-to-valley patterns. Results indicate that warm-season (C4) grasses and bare ground are more prevalent on dune tops while cool-season (C3) grasses dominate valley bottoms, especially in the groundwater-irrigated hay meadows. Thirty-five years of Landsat imagery revealed higher greenness (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index—NDVI) values in lowlands compared to uplands. Finally, greenness of both valleys and dunes responded to drought, as measured by the Standardized Precipitation-Evaporation Index, but dunes showed stronger correlation than did valleys to short-term drought. Overall, our study suggests that landscape complexity in the Nebraska Sandhills is a key element controlling its function and is likely key to the sustainability of the social-ecological system.","PeriodicalId":35980,"journal":{"name":"Great Plains Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46462683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jessica L. Davis, K. Koupal, M. Wuellner, Brett A. Roberg
abstract:The influence of canal operations on the available habitat and fish communities in conjoined Great Plains streams is not well understood. Three-pass backpack electrofishing was used twice within a three-week period in fall 2018 to identify changes in Turkey Creek (near Kearney, NE) before and after the Kearney Canal was dewatered. Diversity was greater while the canal was operational (t = 398.14, p < 0.001), but community composition remained similar following canal dewatering (J = 62.9%). Species-specific differences between the two time periods were most often observed among cyprinids and centrarchids, and nonnative species were more abundant (z = 6.0, p < 0.001) and comprised a greater percentage of the available biomass (z = 75.7, p < 0.001) when the canal was operational. The wetted width (t = 2.27, p = 0.04) and depth of Turkey Creek (t = 1.90, p = 0.06) significantly decreased after the canal ceased operation. Findings from this case study can be used to further the understanding of fish community responses within streams conjoined with canals and may provide regional water and fish managers important information to improve future management of these systems to support native fishes while simultaneously meeting other water uses for agriculture and recreation.
运河运营对大平原连流中可用生境和鱼类群落的影响尚不清楚。2018年秋季，三次背包电钓在三周内使用了两次，以确定科尔尼运河脱水前后土耳其河(东北部科尔尼附近)的变化。运河运行时群落多样性较大(t = 398.14, p < 0.001)，但运河脱水后群落组成基本不变(J = 62.9%)。两个时间段的物种特异性差异在鲤科和中央亚科中最为常见，当运河运行时，非本土物种更丰富(z = 6.0, p < 0.001)，占可用生物量的比例更大(z = 75.7, p < 0.001)。运河停运后，土耳其河的湿宽度(t = 2.27, p = 0.04)和深度(t = 1.90, p = 0.06)显著减小。本案例研究的结果可用于进一步了解与运河相连的溪流中鱼类群落的反应，并可能为区域水和鱼类管理者提供重要信息，以改善这些系统的未来管理，以支持本地鱼类，同时满足农业和娱乐的其他用水需求。
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abstract:Like other regions across the Great Plains, the Sandhills of Nebraska has been identified as a promising region for the expansion of wind energy development. But residents have mixed views regarding their support for the industry. In this study, we seek to examine the attitudinal and socio-demographic factors that contribute to individuals' support or opposition to the development of wind energy in Brown County, Nebraska. We collected data from a 37-question mail survey that was completed by more than 150 residents. Our analysis found that concerns about visual unattractiveness and perceived health effects were the most salient concerns driving opposition to wind energy development. The perceptions of job creation by wind energy and of unfair treatment in the planning and siting process influence wind attitudes when examined independently but are not significant net of other variables. Additionally, the perceived frequency of seeing turbines and party identification have significant effects on attitudes of support toward wind. We discuss how these results illustrate the context-dependent nature of attitudes toward wind— and how that might influence patterns of wind acceptance and resistance in different contexts across the Great Plains.
{"title":"Explaining Resident Attitudes toward Wind Energy Development in the Sandhills","authors":"Sean S. Downey, Pierce Greenberg, M. Vinton","doi":"10.1353/gpr.2022.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/gpr.2022.0004","url":null,"abstract":"abstract:Like other regions across the Great Plains, the Sandhills of Nebraska has been identified as a promising region for the expansion of wind energy development. But residents have mixed views regarding their support for the industry. In this study, we seek to examine the attitudinal and socio-demographic factors that contribute to individuals' support or opposition to the development of wind energy in Brown County, Nebraska. We collected data from a 37-question mail survey that was completed by more than 150 residents. Our analysis found that concerns about visual unattractiveness and perceived health effects were the most salient concerns driving opposition to wind energy development. The perceptions of job creation by wind energy and of unfair treatment in the planning and siting process influence wind attitudes when examined independently but are not significant net of other variables. Additionally, the perceived frequency of seeing turbines and party identification have significant effects on attitudes of support toward wind. We discuss how these results illustrate the context-dependent nature of attitudes toward wind— and how that might influence patterns of wind acceptance and resistance in different contexts across the Great Plains.","PeriodicalId":35980,"journal":{"name":"Great Plains Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44271391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Creating Indigenous Property: Power, Rights, and Relationships ed. by Angela Cameron, Sari Graben, and Val Napoleon (review)","authors":"Leah Jurss","doi":"10.1353/gpr.2022.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/gpr.2022.0006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35980,"journal":{"name":"Great Plains Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42561298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
abstract:Great Plains yucca (Yucca glauca), the only native species of its genus in Nebraska, occurs almost statewide but is particularly common in the Sandhills. Since the 1870s, researchers have focused on the mutualism between yucca and yucca moths. The complex yucca–yucca moth system and direct and indirect effects that other associated insects have on the mutualism are summarized. A large checkered beetle (Enoclerus spinolae) of the family Cleridae is little known in Nebraska. Whereas yucca moths are drably colored and by day remain secluded in host flowers, the striking red and black adults of the clerid are conspicuous on yucca flowers and fruits (pods). Adults are aggressive predators of other yucca insects, including adult lady beetles (Coccinellidae). The clerid's larvae prey on larvae of other insects that develop in fruits, such as weevils and, potentially, yucca moths. The beetle might have dispersed to Nebraska from Colorado and Kansas in the first half of the 20th century.
{"title":"Great Plains Yucca, Yucca Moths, and a Colorful Beetle in the Nebraska Sandhills","authors":"A. G. Wheeler","doi":"10.1353/gpr.2022.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/gpr.2022.0003","url":null,"abstract":"abstract:Great Plains yucca (Yucca glauca), the only native species of its genus in Nebraska, occurs almost statewide but is particularly common in the Sandhills. Since the 1870s, researchers have focused on the mutualism between yucca and yucca moths. The complex yucca–yucca moth system and direct and indirect effects that other associated insects have on the mutualism are summarized. A large checkered beetle (Enoclerus spinolae) of the family Cleridae is little known in Nebraska. Whereas yucca moths are drably colored and by day remain secluded in host flowers, the striking red and black adults of the clerid are conspicuous on yucca flowers and fruits (pods). Adults are aggressive predators of other yucca insects, including adult lady beetles (Coccinellidae). The clerid's larvae prey on larvae of other insects that develop in fruits, such as weevils and, potentially, yucca moths. The beetle might have dispersed to Nebraska from Colorado and Kansas in the first half of the 20th century.","PeriodicalId":35980,"journal":{"name":"Great Plains Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45290121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lone Star Suburbs: Life on the Texas Metropolitan Frontier ed. by Paul J. P. Sandul and M. Scott Sosebee (review)","authors":"R. Cavazos","doi":"10.1353/gpr.2022.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/gpr.2022.0007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35980,"journal":{"name":"Great Plains Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43889359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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