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"We need jobs," Daniel Webster said, who lives on the reservation.
KETV reports, historical issues such as poverty and unemployment have reached critical levels.
"Right now, my community has a 69 percent unemployment rate," Omaha Tribe of Nebraska chairman Vernon Miller said.
Miller said the dire economy is leading to desperate solutions.
"We're not seeing anybody else looking to assist us and we acknowledge that, so we're trying to pursue whatever we can," Miller said.
In early November, the sovereign nation polled its member on an idea that's been turning heads: the legalization and sale of medical, industrial and recreational marijuana.
"All three were supported by the majority so that gave us the direction that the tribal membership wants...
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