Pictures and Brief History of Umonhon Nation School
The main building at Umonhon Nation was built in 1973. For many years
prior to that time, there was no high school at Macy after the school
burned in a fire. At the completion of 8th
grade, students went to Walthill, Winnebago or a boarding school of
their choice to finish their high school education. Over the
years, a series of portable classrooms, a five-classroom brick
outbuilding and a metal classroom building were used for high school
classes.
In 1999, the high school moved to the main building and minor
renovations were made to the building originally designed as an
elementary.
A major addition of 11 classroooms, a distance learning lab, the
Cultural Language Center Huthuga (designed with elements of an earth lodge) and a commons
area/cafeteria was completed in the Spring of 2003. This addition
has made it possible for grade levels to be separated. After 30
years of being used in the morning and at noon as a cafeteria, the gym
is now available throughout the day for physical education.


 Aerial Photography at TerraServerMicrosoft shows an aerial view of the town and school campus.
Use the navigator to the left to find your own town, or zoom in and out
and pan using the buttons, or simply click the picture. HIGHLY
ADDICTIVE mapping tool! This is an photograph of Macy,
Nebraska. The (old) school is to the right of main street which
cuts the photo almost in half vertically. The new addition (not
pictured) wraps around the existing west and north walls of the
building.
Administrative History of Umonhon Nation Public School
Listings of the high school principals and superintendents who have
served Umonhon Nation Public School. Thank you to Jo Meyer and
John Mangan for their research and submissions
How Public Education Started on the Omaha Reservation
The first (white man's) school on the Omaha Reservation was the
Blackbird Presbyterian Mission which stood approximately 2 miles north
of the current town of Macy on the bluff overlooking the Missouri
River. The readers cannot see it from this small photograph, but in the
print hanging in Omaha Way commons area of the new addition, close
inspection will reveal tiny faces in the windows of the mission house.

One review of the boarding school movement, the philosophy and the results is available here.
An overview of the Omaha Tribe with a short segment on the Blackbird Mission School is found in Thomas P. Myers's writings. This information was gathered and compiled with assistance from Dennis Hastings, Omaha Tribal historian
This Page was last update: Monday, February 12, 2007 at 10:04:36 AM
This page was originally posted: 3/29/05; 3:03:59 PM.
Copyright 2008 David Friedli
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