{"id":19507,"date":"2002-10-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-10-31T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2002\/10\/31\/more-native-americans-live-on-asphalt-rez\/"},"modified":"2002-10-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2002-10-31T06:00:00","slug":"more-native-americans-live-on-asphalt-rez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2002\/10\/31\/more-native-americans-live-on-asphalt-rez\/","title":{"rendered":"More Native Americans live on &#8216;asphalt rez&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/NativeAmericanFiscus6.jpg\" border=\"2\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\">Contrary to belief, most Native Americans in Nebraska live in urban areas, said Carolyn Fiscus, director of Community Outreach and Native American Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. <\/p>\n<p>Fiscus, a member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, was at UNMC earlier this month to provide an urban native perspective on Native Americans. The NHS\/UNMC Employee Diversity Network sponsored the forum in recognition of Native American Heritage Month in November. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most people assume native folks live on the reservation, but there are people all around us who are native,&#8221; Fiscus said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the 2000 census, there are 24,000 native people in Nebraska, Fiscus said. The majority live in urban areas and roughly 7,000 live on one of the state&#8217;s four Indian reservations. In addition, there are more than 77 tribal entities represented in Omaha alone, she said.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/NativeAmericanFiscus2.jpg\" border=\"2\" align=\"left\" alt=\"picture disc.\"> <\/p>\n<p>Fiscus grew up in rural Iowa and went on to graduate from South Dakota State University with her bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees in health, physical education and recreation. 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