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What are some of the challenges when it comes to preserving the Shoshone and Arapaho languages on the Wind River Reservation? And what’s being done to pass those languages down from generation to generation? Those questions are at the heart of an upcoming talk in Jackson on March 18th titled “Protecting Languages, Preserving Cultures.”
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Gov. Gordon signed two bills related to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) into law on March 7th. Last session, the Wyoming legislature created a version of the law for the state when the federal law was under consideration by the Supreme Court. Very broadly, ICWA aims to keep Native children in Native communities in foster care and adoption cases.
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Earlier this year, the Eastern Shoshone tribe in Wyoming received a family group of 10 animals from the bison conservation transfer program.
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The Wiggins Fork Bison Jumps Complex is a high-elevation area in the Absaroka Mountains where different Indigenous tribes worked with and enhanced the landscape’s topography to drive bison off cliffs for harvesting. In comparison to other jumps throughout the state, the site outside of Dubois is big, old, and highly sophisticated, with multiple stone-circle campsites and seven different bison jump sites.
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At a press conference in Fort Washakie on February 8, the FBI announced a new initiative to gather more data about Native Americans who’ve gone missing or been murdered in cases that haven’t been closed. The agency is seeking tips from the public to better understand what the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) crisis looks like in the state and what resources the agency can contribute to solving cases.
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The Eastern Shoshone Tribe, Northern Arapaho Tribe, and the Greater Yellowstone Coalition recently received a hefty grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to support conservation efforts on the Wind River Reservation. The more than $600,000 grant comes from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the America the Beautiful Initiative, and will go towards bison reintroduction, habitat restoration, and climate resilience projects in the area.
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The Eastern Shoshone Tribe opened the Eastern Shoshone Children’s Lodge this summer to provide temporary care for kids placed into protective custody. The new lodge offers a safe place for kids in need to land while still keeping them connected to their communities and culture.
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The Eastern Shoshone Tribe is hoping to create a new community space dedicated to their culture, history, art and ongoing education. It’s a big undertaking, but the tribe now has some exciting financial and logistical support to help make this dream a reality.
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The Eastern Shoshone Indian Days powwow is a multi-day celebration in Ft. Washakie filled with dancing, competition, crafts, food and community. The 63rd annual powwow takes place this weekend.
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The goal of the summit is to create awareness around the impacts and opportunities of tourism on the sovereign nations and inhabitants of the Wind River Reservation, said University of Wyoming’s (UW) Daniel McCoy, one of the co-hosts of the event.