Nebraska Storytellers

Wynema Morris

Wynema Morris is an enrolled member of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, one of the few tribes to live continuously on their tribal lands. She works as a tribal historical researcher for the Omaha Tribal Historical Research Project (OTHRP), under the direction of tribal historian and anthropologist, Dennis Hastings. She lives on the Omaha Reservation at Walthill, Nebraska where she maintains a traditional home with her 83-year-old mother, Elsie Gilpin Morris, and her sister Pri Morris. As a staff researcher for OTHRP, she is continuously finding out new information regarding the Omaha People. The Omaha Tribal lands are now located in northeastern Nebraska in a much-diminished land base.