Northern Arapaho

Co-producers Lynette St. Clair and Jordan Dresser share a behind-the-scenes look into “Generation Warrior.” The film premieres at Central Wyoming College in Riverton on the evening of Tuesday, June 24.

Scott was a regular at powwows, community events and basketball games, even winning the “fan of the year” award once for her courtside dedication. She passed away at the age of 80 this spring.

Wyoming recently upped penalties for defacing petroglyphs and pictographs. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is fast-tracking energy projects where rock art may be.

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.

Jacqueline White is Northern Arapaho and the tribal relations specialist for the Food Bank of Wyoming. Her passion: increasing access to traditional foods. From White’s perspective, this goal is possible because of collaboration.

Members of the Northern Arapaho Business Council, Northern Arapaho Tribal Committee and Northern Arapaho Economic Development Commission took their oaths of office at a ceremony in Arapahoe last Friday.

The U.S. Forest Service is spending another $20 million to remove flammable underbrush and logs from forests to reduce wildfire risk. Some of the funding will be used to turn that chopped timber into firewood for Indigenous families in parts of the Mountain West to heat their homes.

President Biden recently apologized for the federally-run boarding school system, which sought to assimilate Native children into white culture and separated them from their languages and communities. But people on the Wind River Reservation say the apology needs follow-up.

The Northern Arapaho Tribe released official results for the primary election for the Northern Arapaho Business Council. The top 12 candidates will advance to the general election on Nov. 21 and compete for six open seats.

Some Mountain West states are seeing a big boost in federal funding to reduce the risk of wildfire around communities. And one state is putting that chopped wood to good use.