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The Omaha Tribal Council Elected its First Female Chairperson

About Time, inner-Hannah thinks...

In another historic first, the Omaha Tribal Council elected its first female chairperson at its council meeting on Tuesday. Eleanor Baxter, formerly the vice-chairperson, was elected chairperson.

Chairperson Baxter was humbled to be the first woman elected chairperson
of the Omaha Tribe. "I am honored to serve the Omaha Tribe of which I am an
enrolled member. I will work hard to make decisions that will bring more
economic development and employment for tribal people. I want to create good
working relationships with the State and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, but
most of all with our people, who are critical in this process."

Baxter, whose family moved from Macy to Lincoln in search of work when she
was a child, returned to the Omaha Indian Reservation in 1993 in search of a
sense of belonging. "Today I am home," she said with a contented smile.
Baxter expressed optimism for the future of the Omaha Tribe. "The staggered
terms are really going to help us move up the ladder, carrying out projects,
bringing continuity. A working council is a council that stays together."

And something I might really enjoy doing with a law degree.