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The Wyoming Legislature is considering two bills about sales taxes on the Wind River Reservation. One would return improperly collected online sales taxes to the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes, and the other codifies that the state does not collect sales tax from non-tribal members on reservation land.
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Leaders on the Wind River Reservation are encouraging tribal members to carry some sort of identification with them. That comes in response to ramped-up efforts to enforce immigration policy under the Trump administration.
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Three new members joined the Eastern Shoshone Business Council after the tribe’s general election in October. Stanford Ware, Clinton Glick and Latonna Snyder took their oaths of office during a swearing-in ceremony in Fort Washakie at the end of the month.
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The Eastern Shoshone Tribe is holding its general election on Oct. 22. Six people are competing for three seats on the Eastern Shoshone Business Council and a dozen people are competing for six seats on the tribe’s Entertainment Committee.
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The Eastern Shoshone Tribe released the official results for the primary election for the Eastern Shoshone Business Council. The top six candidates will advance to the general election on Oct. 22 and compete for three open seats.
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The Select Committee on Tribal Relations is working on a bill draft that would return improperly collected online sales taxes back to the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes. The legislative committee discussed the issue at an interim meeting in Fort Washakie on Aug. 26.
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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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The Wyoming Senate killed a bill that would give the governor the right to strike an agreement with tribes on treaty-based hunting, fishing and gathering rights.
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St. Stephens school is ready to open for limited capacity due to a shortage of teachers. There are 275 students enrolled in the high, middle and elementary schools. School starts on September 19th.
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Pending land purchases include to an upcoming hospital and Starbucks.