Awards
- 1950 - an honorary Doctorate of Literature from the University of Nebraska.
- 1954 - the Distinguished Achievement Award of the Native Sons and Daughters of Nebraska for her "sincere and realistic presentation of Nebraska as it was."
- 1964 - Owen Wister Award
- 1969 - the Mari Sandoz Award is established by the Nebraska Library Association. It's given annually to "significant, enduring contribution to the Nebraska book world through writing, film production, or related activity."
- 1975-76 - inducted into the Nebraska Hall of Fame.
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