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A newly-purchased ranch aims to support Eastern Shoshone community members recovering from addictionPeople recovering from addiction can sometimes have to wait for weeks or months to get into a residential treatment facility to get the help they need. Those shortages are especially felt in tribal communities in rural states like Wyoming and Montana – and last summer, inadequate treatment centers in Arizona made headlines for conducting a widespread Medicaid fraud scheme targeting Native Americans. But, a ten-acre ranch recently purchased by the Eastern Shoshone Business Council will help make that transition a little easier for tribal members.
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Eastern Shoshone tribal member and veteran Ivan Posey recently announced that he’s running for House District 33, which includes part of the Wind River Reservation. Posey is currently the tribal education coordinator at Central Wyoming College and previously served on the Eastern Shoshone Business Council. He’ll run against current Representative Sarah Penn (R-Lander) this fall. Wyoming Public Radio’s Hannah Habermann spoke with Posey about why he’s throwing his hat in the ring.
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The Wind River Water and Buffalo Alliance is looking for a graphic artist to help design their logo. The coalition is based in Fort Washakie on the Wind River Reservation and is made up of tribal agencies, tribal councils and nonprofits working to advance Indigenous-centered conservation.
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In 2020, Congress passed the Not Invisible Act to help address the Missing and Murdered Persons Crisis. The bill formed a federal commission made up of tribal leaders, federal agencies, families, and survivors, who were tasked with developing recommendations on how best to address the crisis. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice responded to these recommendations in early March.
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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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While Indigenous people make up just three percent of Wyoming’s population, they continue to be the victims of homicides and go missing at disproportionately higher rates than white residents. New data shows that homicide rates have slightly decreased since 2019, but homicide rates for Native people are still five times higher than they are for white people in the state.
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Women in the U.S. earn more degrees in the fine arts than their male counterparts, but female artists receive much less visibility and less sales for their art in comparison. A new exhibit titled Wyoming Women to Watch wants to shift that focus and bring attention to female creativity throughout the state.
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Central Wyoming College (CWC) is bringing two educational series to the Tetons this spring in an effort to build stronger ties between Jackson and the Lander, Riverton, and Wind River Reservation area. The two series are called Teton Talks and Tribal Talks.
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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.