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Originally known as the Shoshone Indian Reservation, the Wind River Indian Reservation was established by agreement of the United States with the Eastern Shoshone Nation at the Fort Bridger Treaty Council of 1868, restricting the tribe from the formerly vast Shoshone territory of more than 44 million acres (180,000 km 2).
Born in the 1860s, Cotsiogo was a son of Eastern Shoshone leader Washakie. [1] During Cotsiogo's lifetime, the tribe was placed on the Wind River Indian Reservation in the Wyoming Territory, a reservation established by the Fort Bridger Treaty of 1868. [2] [3]
Fluent in English and a friend and father-in-law of Jim Bridger, Washakie championed the establishment of the Wind River Indian Reservation through negotiations at the 1863 and 1868 treaties at Fort Bridger. [7] After the reservation period, the Eastern Shoshone saw the arrival of Northern Arapaho on the Wind River Indian Reservation in 1878. [8]
USA TODAY goes to Wyoming's Wind River Reservation to hear the challenges and the pride of being Indigenous in America.
In 1868, the boundaries of the Wind River Indian Reservation were officially established by the Fort Bridger Treaty, setting its southern border along the Sweetwater River. [10] This marked the beginning of increased conflicts between the Shoshone tribe and white settlers, who were illegally encroaching on reservation lands.
Old West Wax Museum, Thermopolis, closed in 2010, displays now at Wind River Heritage Center in Riverton [21] [22] Tecumsah's Old West Miniature Village & Museum, Cody [ 23 ] Wyoming Children's Museum and Nature Center, Laramie, closed in 2010 [ 24 ]
Location of Fremont County in Wyoming. ... Wind River Indian Reservation on U.S. Route 287 ... Shoshone-Episcopal Mission: April 11, 1973 ...
The Wind River Agency Blockhouse, also known as the Trout Creek Blockhouse, was built in 1871 on the Wind River Indian Reservation. It is one of the oldest surviving structures in Wyoming. [ 2 ] The blockhouse was built at the suggestion of Chief Washakie as a defensive position for the local Shoshone and non-Indians against attack by Cheyenne ...
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