Oglala Man Sustains Serious Burns in Whiteclay Fire

“I’m in severe pain,” said Brian Blue Bird, Oglala Lakota, from his hospital bed in a Greeley, Colorado, burn unit. He was airlifted there via helicopter on March 7 after being badly burned that day in a fire in Whiteclay, Nebraska, which adjoins the tribe’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. When Blue Bird arrived at North Colorado Medical Center, he was in serious condition, according to Helen Lohnes, the hospital’s nursing supervisor; he is now listed in fair condition, she said.

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