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The Wind River Indian Reservation established a 180,000-acre (730 km 2) roadless area in the Wind River Range in the 1930s, several decades before the passage of the national Wilderness Act of 1964. The tribes have re-established populations of big game , such as moose , wolf , elk , mule deer , whitetail deer , bighorn sheep and pronghorn ...
Arapahoe is located in central Fremont County at (42.979965, -108.445510), [6] in the southeastern part of the Wind River Indian Reservation. It is bordered to the north by the city of Riverton, the largest city in Fremont County. It is 8 miles (13 km) from the center of Arapahoe (at the Arapahoe School) northeast to the center of Riverton, via ...
It flows southeastward, across the Wind River Basin and the Wind River Indian Reservation and joins the Little Wind River near Riverton. Up stream from this confluence, it is known locally as the Big Wind River. It flows northward, through a gap in the Owl Creek Mountains, where the name of the river
The headquarters for the Eastern Shoshone Tribe is located in Fort Washakie, as well as the Bureau of Indian Affairs agency for the Wind River Indian Reservation. Fort Washakie is named after nearby Fort Washakie, a U.S. Army post established in 1869 and named after Chief Washakie in 1878. Washakie, Utah is also named for Washakie.
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.
Location of Ethete, Wyoming. ... The town is located on the Wind River Indian Reservation. It grew up around the Episcopal St. Michael's Mission. [4] Geography
Wes Martel, 74, Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone, stands in the parking lot of the Shoshone Rose Casino and Hotel on the Wind River Indian Reservation on July 20, 2024.
Mount Lander (12,623 ft (3,847 m)) is located in the central Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. [4] Mount Lander is within the Wind River Indian Reservation.The Lander Glacier consists of three distinct glaciers on the north and west slopes of Mount Lander, with the westernmost glacier being the largest.