Native Americans

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Wyoming Congresswoman Harriet Hageman has recently been named the Chair of the Subcommittee for Indian and Insular Affairs.

Mount Doane, named after Gustavus Doane, has been renamed the 'First Peoples Mountain,' after a 15-0 vote by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN), the federal body responsible for maintaining uniform geographic name usage throughout the federal government.

It happened on December 26, 1862. The hanging of 38 from the Dakota people after a war with the United States. This sad history is commemorated every year with a ride to remember those who died that day.

If only these rocks could talk. If you love Wyoming history, the White Mountain petroglyphs need to be added to your gotta-do-someday bucket list.

Several states have replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day celebrations.

Devil's Tower National Monument sometimes plays second fiddle to Wyoming's more famous national parks like Yellowstone and Grand Teton, but the legend about how it came to be is second to none.

I honestly can't stop thinking about how delicious that meal was. So much so that I went back less than a week later to get another hit. Perhaps it's lucky we don't have one closer to home, or my waistband would certainly have some complaints.

There is not much information or help available for the problem of missing, abused, murdered, or human trafficked indigenous people in Wyoming. A task for has been created to look into the problem. Reciently, that task force has held their first meeting...

Cheyenne Frontier Days is the best of the west with cowboys and Native Americans who were here for thousands of years before our arrival. See the Indian Village