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Winnebago tribe member overcomes, returns to help reservation

• By ASTRID MUNN / For the Lincoln Journal Star
• Feb 17, 2010
• Feb 17, 2010
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Danelle Smith with her adopted father, Gus Smith, in 1973. (Courtesy photo)

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Danelle Smith with youngest son, Chayse. He is about 2 1/2 months old in this photo taken in 1997. (Courtesy photo)

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John Hendry, former chief justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court, and Danelle Smith in 2003 at her swearing-in ceremony for the Nebraska Bar. (Courtesy photo)

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Winnebago High School cheerleaders in 1989. Senior Danelle Smith is in the middle row on the left. (Courtesy photo)

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By ASTRID MUNN / For the Lincoln Journal Star

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