A report released Wednesday confirms that the incident that killed a 10-year-old boy while sledding on the Wind River Indian Reservation on Nov. 26 was accidental.
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The FBI has confirmed that a 10-year-old Riverton boy died Nov. 26 after an incident on the Wind River Indian Reservation, but says the case is still being investigated.
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The Northern Arapaho government is demanding Harvard University return hair samples that were confiscated during the 1930s from Native students forced to attend U.S. boarding schools.
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Having a casino on state rather than reservation land would allow the tribe to seek a liquor license for the new establishment, which is something the tribe lacks in its current casinos.
The Legislature’s Select Committee on Tribal Relations is trying to make a state law keeping American Indian children in tribal homes during foster-care situations, while the Eastern Shoshone Tribe’s leaders say the proposed law won’t work fast enough.
Saying he fears another abusive situation in a school without state oversight, Sen. Cale Case, R-Lander, announced Tuesday he doesn’t want to fund St. Stephen’s Indian School, whose top administrators were implicated in May in sexual and misconduct scandals.
Incumbent Democratic House Rep. Andi LeBeau debated Republican challenger Sarah Penn on issues unique to the Wind River Indian Reservation, such as the federal government’s control of the land, littered garbage heaps and a two-year mask mandate.
Terrance Posey died of multiple gunshot wounds following an Aug. 11 police shooting on the Wind River Indian Reservation, according to documents and interviews released on Tuesday.
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With a possible change in federal law on the horizon, state lawmakers are considering crafting a state law making non-tribal foster families a last resort for American Indian children.
The Fremont County Coroner’s office and the police agencies involved with the investigation of a death following a police shooting will not release the name of the deceased, which is in sharp contrast to how cases had traditionally been handled.
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Both of the dogs responsible for killing a woman on the Wind River Indian Reservation have been euthanized. The owner of the dogs was not charged.
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A jury on Friday ruled that the Northern Arapaho Tribe’s former lawyers didn’t steal tribal funds through improper billing.
The autopsy of a woman mauled by many dogs last April was released on Monday and confirmed the multiple dog bites resulted in her death. Loose packs of wild dogs are a persistent problem on the reservation
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Wyoming prosecutors can now charge people who are not American Indians for crimes they commit on a reservation against American Indian victims, according to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday.
A former Wind River Indian Reservation police officer was shot and killed in Arizona when a traffic stop became a gunfight. Officer Adrian Lopez served in Wyoming up until last year.
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In a federal report alleging sexual misconduct and other wrongful behavior, supporters of a principal and administrator say they were incorrectly implicated and wrongly punished.
Public documents indicate that the tribal governments of the Wind River Indian Reservation don’t own or control the school – and therefore do not have the authority to fire its elected board or employees.
After a federal investigation alleging sexual misconduct, drug use, misspending, nepotism, intimidation and corruption among St. Stephen’s Indian School leaders, the superintendent, two principals, and the entire school board has been fired.
The death of a woman in Ethete on April 10, while not confirmed to be the result of a dog attack, has officials once again looking at an ordinance aimed at addressing the problem of vicious dogs — a longstanding issue on the reservation.
The champion of a national Indian hunting rights case is scheduled to face a jury May 2 on charges of methamphetamine and child pornography possession.
A Riverton man, who was hospitalized after getting into a fight in Las Vegas and pleaded to relatives for someone to “come get him,” missed his flight home. His family has since filed a missing persons report.
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Although a vote was scheduled to legalize alcohol sales at the Wind River Casino on the Wind River Reservation, not enough people showed up at the meeting, so it was canceled.
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The sale of alcohol is prohibited on the Wind River Indian Reservation, but the Northern Arapaho tribe is considering a bid to make an exception for drinking in the reservation’s largest casino.
As part of the Department of Interior’s initiative to remove offensive names, Lander officials have asked Eastern Shoshone tribal members to come up with a new name for Squaw Creek in central Wyoming.
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Andrew Yellowbear, who was convicted of torturing and killing his 22-month-old daughter, is asking a federal court to reverse his conviction claiming that he was convicted in the wrong court and should be freed.
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Kevin Ferris, who served as Wyoming’s only judge specifically assigned to oversee violations of Covid orders and quarantine rules, has transitioned to being a trial court judge on the reservation.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation was releasing little information Tuesday about a Monday shooting on the Wind River Indian Reservation involving a U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs police officer.
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The Eastern Shoshone Tribe is offering its members $500 to vaccinate their children against COVID-19.
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A “quarantine camp” designed to house transient members of the Northern Arapaho Indian Tribe who test positive for COVID is back in operation.
A Fort Washakie man was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison this week for sexually abusing minors on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
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While making up only 3% of Wyoming’s population, the murders of indigenous people in the state accounted for almost one-quarter of the state’s murders over a 20-year period, according to a new report.
The Northern Arapaho tribal casinos, including the Wind River Hotel and Casino, will again temporarily close due to a spike in coronavirus cases across the state.
Wind River Internet is receiving over $4 million from the Connect America Fund Phase II auction to deploy gigabit speed service to 849 rural homes and businesses on the reservation.
“We’re not setting out to change unemployment right away. But as we start to change the culture of dependency, things are going to start to change in the community. I think entrepreneurship will have positive affect on the community as a whole.”
Gordon opened the WY-Wind River: Economic Development & Entrepreneurship Symposium on Wednesday at the University of Wyoming with remarks about moving forward together with Wyoming’s Native American population, embracing the outdoors and supporting entrepreneurship.
