Wind River Indian Reservation

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Youth Center Rises on the Rez — Kansas Couple Gives $1 Million

by Rone Tempest December 14, 2010

Thanks to tribal casino profits, the example of a compassionate Riverton woman and a chlorophyll dog treat, the Wind River Indian Reservation has a sparkling new $3.6 million Boys & …

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Wyoming Liability Pool Reaches Limit – Nixes More Coverage in Fremont County Rights Case

by Rone Tempest October 30, 2010

“If Fremont County wants to pursue an appeal,” said Liability Pool executive director Mark Pring. “They will have to do it on their own.”

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Voting Rights Case Drags on in Fremont County: At What Cost to Other Counties and Towns?

by Rone Tempest October 26, 2010

The pending claims in the Fremont lawsuit are the largest in the Local Government Legal Liability Pool’s 23-year history. The issue of how much the pool—and therefore Wyoming counties and …

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A Legacy of Prejudice: Lawsuits, Failed Pacts Tell Ugly Story

by John Lancaster August 30, 2010

RIVERTON–As a child in California, Helsha Acuña was so sensitive about her Native American heritage—her father was Apache, her mother Aleut—that she sometimes tried to pass herself off as Italian. …

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Racism on the Rez: Federal Judge Backs Tribes

by Rone Tempest August 12, 2010

Lander—In an important Wyoming civil rights case, a federal judge rejected two voting schemes proposed by Fremont County as perpetuating “separation, isolation, and racial polarization in the county.”

Instead, U.S. District …

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Fort Washakie 911: Law Enforcement “Surge” on Tribal Lands

by John Lancaster June 28, 2010

FORT WASHAKIE—Mike Shockley is used to working alone. An officer in the Bureau of Indian Affairs police, he was until recently one of just two assigned to night patrols …

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Heralded Pact for Tribal Grass-fed Beef Ends

by John Lancaster June 21, 2010

THERMOPOLIS—Indians and whites have been doing business together since the time of Columbus—almost invariably to the Indians’ detriment. But the announcement last year that the Northern Arapaho tribe had been …

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“Dusting the Hurt Off…” The Creation of a Girls’ Protection Society

by John Lancaster May 3, 2010

ARAPAHOE—The girls were familiar with loss. Like too many of their classmates on the Wind River Indian Reservation, they come from broken families and have witnessed first-hand the havoc that …

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Wind River Tribes Win Big Voting Rights Case

by John Lancaster April 30, 2010

Lander—A federal court decision ordering Fremont County to scrap its system of electing commissioners on a county-wide basis is a major victory for Native Americans who have long complained they …