Legislators in Wyoming recently introduced a bill that disregards Tribal sovereignty on the Wind River Indian Reservation. We need your voice today. Tell Chairman Senator Manchin and Ranking Member Senator Barrasso to respect Tribal sovereignty and stop the Pilot Butte Power Plant Conveyance Act.
Since 1943, the Eastern Shoshone Tribe has been actively pursuing the return of many lands withdrawn by the U.S. government. Some successful restorations have occurred, but the Tribes continue to dispute that more than 100,000 acres of excess lands remain in U.S. government control. Learn about these lands and the work the Water & Buffalo Alliance is doing to repatriate them.
Wind River Indian Reservation entrepreneur and artist Sharolyn “Shay” Jimerson’s logo design has been selected to represent a coalition of Tribal organizations, nonprofits, and university partners known as the Wind River Water and Buffalo Alliance.