WELCOME TO NEBRASKA’S CENTENNIAL MALL! Nebraska’s Centennial Mall As envisioned by Capitol Architect Bertram Goodhue in 1922, Nebraska’s Centennial Mall is the primary grand entrance to the Nebraska Capitol. Dedicated in 1967 during the Nebraska Centennial and A Tribute to All Nebraskans renovated in 2016, the seven-block public Mall serves as a scenic connection between the Capitol and the University of Nebraska campus. The Mall provides flexible gathering spaces and opportunities for visitors who want to learn more about the history of Nebraska and a place for future stories to be told. Nebraska’s Centennial Mall is located on 15th Street between K and R Streets in Downtown Lincoln, Nebraska. The Legacy of Chief Standing Bear Photo by Mark Canney
From his birth on the banks of the Niobrara River in Spirit of Nebraska Pathway Native American Recognition Nebraska until his death in 1903, Chief Standing Bear spent his life in a constant struggle to gain equality The Spirit of Nebraska Pathway is a series of granite The significant influence of Native Americans is and justice for our nation’s Native Americans. In and bronze tiles along the twin walkways of expressed throughout the Mall’s design. A ‘light circle’ 1877, the federal government forced Chief Standing Nebraska’s Centennial Mall. The pathway program that recognizes 27 Bear and the Ponca Tribe from their homeland to a recognizes people, places, organizations, businesses tribes associated with reservation in Oklahoma. To honor his son’s dying and events of Nebraska. All members of the Nebraska Nebraska history, is part wish to be buried in his homeland, Chief Standing Hall of Fame are recognized along the Spirit of of a native landscape Bear attempted to return to Nebraska and was Nebraska Pathway. The bronze tiles have interactive garden located north arrested. In a historic 1879 court decision, he was QR codes which link to a website with photos and of the fountain between found to be a “person under the law” and freed. stories of those featured: SpiritofNebraskaPathway.org. P and Q Streets. To memorialize this civil rights story, Lincoln Tiles are available for sponsorship. To find out more, Native American native Donald M. Campbell commissioned world- please visit LincolnParks.org or call the Lincoln Parks words, symbols and renowned sculptor Benjamin Victor to create a Foundation at 402-441-8258. design patterns are 10-foot bronze statue commemorating the historic incorporated into 1879 Omaha courtroom scene where Chief Standing features throughout Bear so eloquently stated, “I Am a Man.” The statue the Mall. A Pow Wow was installed on Nebraska’s Centennial Mall in 2017. gathering circle at the north end provides a Photos by Kelsey Moline celebration and gathering space for all Mall visitors, with special appreciation for Native Americans in the Nebraska region.
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