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The Nebraska Portal Migratingsandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) depart their overnight roosting area in thePlatte River nearKearney, Nebraska, at dawn (2015).  Nebraska (/nəˈbræskə/ ⓘnə-BRASS-kə) is a triple-landlockedstate in theMidwestern region of theUnited States. It bordersSouth Dakota to the north;Iowa to the east andMissouri to the southeast, both across theMissouri River;Kansas to the south;Colorado to the southwest; andWyoming to the west. Nebraska is the16th-largest state by land area, with just over 77,220 square miles (200,000 km2). With a population of over 2 million as of 2024, it is the38th-most populous state and theeighth-least densely populated. Nebraska'scapital isLincoln, and itsmost populous city isOmaha, which is on theMissouri River. Nebraska was admitted into the United States in 1867, two years after the end of theAmerican Civil War. TheNebraska Legislature is unlike any other American legislature in that it isunicameral, and its members are elected without any official reference topolitical party affiliation. Nebraska is one of only two states (Maine being the other) that divide electoral college votes by district, and is not winner-take-all. Nebraska is composed of two major land regions: theDissected Till Plains and theGreat Plains. The Dissected Till Plains region consists of gently rolling hills and contains the state's largest cities, Omaha and Lincoln. The Great Plains region, occupying most of western Nebraska, is characterized by treelessprairie. Eastern Nebraska has ahumid continental climate while western Nebraska is primarilysemi-arid. The state has wide variations between winter and summer temperatures; the variations decrease in southern Nebraska. Violentthunderstorms andtornadoes occur primarily during spring and summer, and sometimes in autumn. TheChinook wind tends to warm the state significantly in the winter and early spring. (Full article...) Selected article -show another Excavations at Engineer Cantonment, 2015 Engineer Cantonment is an archaeological site inWashington County, in the state ofNebraska in theMidwestern United States. Located in the floodplain of theMissouri River near present-dayOmaha, Nebraska, it was the temporary winter camp of the scientific party of theYellowstone Expedition. From October 1819 to June 1820, the party studied the geology and biology of the vicinity, and met with the local indigenous peoples. Their eight-month study of the biota has been described as "the first biodiversity inventory undertaken in the United States". The site was not used again after the departure of the expedition, and its location was forgotten. In 2003, it was rediscovered, and investigated during the 2003–05 archaeological seasons. In 2015, it was listed in theNational Register of Historic Places. (Full article...) Selected biography -show anotherEvelyn Hooker (/ˈɛvəliːnˈhʊkər/; néeGentry, September 2, 1907 – November 18, 1996) was an Americanpsychologist known for her 1956 paper "The Adjustment of the Male Overt Homosexual" in which she administered severalpsychological tests to groups of self-identified malehomosexuals andheterosexuals and asked experts to identify the homosexuals and rate their mental health. The experiment, which other researchers subsequently repeated, found that homosexuality was not a mental disorder, as there was no detectable difference between homosexual and heterosexual men in terms of mental adjustment. Hooker argued that afalse correlation between homosexuality and mental illness had formed the basis of classifying homosexuality as amental disorder. The correlation was the result of earlier researchers studyingsample groups that containedhomosexual men with a history of treatment formental illness. Hooker's work was of critical importance in refuting culturalheterosexism because it found that homosexuality was not developmentally inferior to heterosexuality. Her work led the way to the eventual removal of homosexuality from theAmerican Psychiatric Association'sDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. (Full article...) Counties(clickable map) General images -load new batchThe following are images from various Nebraska-related articles on Wikipedia.
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