Rosalie, Nebraska

Rosalie is a village in Thurston County, Nebraska, United States, within the boundaries of the Omaha Indian Reservation.

Rosalie was platted in 1906 when the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad was extended to that point.

[4] Rosalie was named for Rosalie La Flesche Farley, a daughter of Joseph La Flesche, the last principal chief of the Omaha tribe selected by traditional means in the nineteenth century, and the only chief of part-European ancestry.

One of her sisters was the author and activist Susette "Bright Eyes" LaFlesche, who married journalist Thomas Tibbles.

Another sister was Susan LaFlesche Picotte, a physician who married a Yankton Sioux man.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.20 square miles (0.52 km2), all land.

The racial makeup of the village was 86.08% White, 11.86% Native American, and 2.06% from two or more races.

Map of Nebraska highlighting Thurston County