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Tribal Nations, agencies, and NGOs come together for Jackson Hole InterTribal Gathering
Over two brilliant fall days in October, almost 100 people came together in Jackson, Wyoming for the Jackson Hole InterTribal Gathering – a follow up to the Wind River Inter-Tribal Gathering GYC co-hosted with the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes in 2022. More than 14 Tribal Nations met with a host of federal agencies and non-governmental organizations to bring further discussion to the management of federal lands and how Indigenous values and beliefs can merge into stewardship of lands that were once aboriginal homelands to many Tribes and Bands.
Strides and challenges one year after Inter-Tribal Gathering
One year ago, the Inter-Tribal Gathering brought together people to elevate native voices throughout Greater Yellowstone and build better government-to-government relationships between Tribes and America’s federal public lands managers. Since the event, GYC has made big strides in protecting and restoring Native conservation priorities.
Repatriating “Muddy Ridge” on the Wind River Indian Reservation
GYC is working alongside the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes to ask the Department of Interior to repatriate three land parcels that make up the 111,000-acre “Muddy Ridge” request in support of Treaty Rights and Tribal Sovereignty.
Treaty Rights, Winters Doctrine, and Federal Reserved Indian Water Rights
GYC’s Wes Martel speaks on Treaty and water rights efforts in Greater Yellowstone.
Inter-Tribal Gatherings aim to elevate Native voices
GYC will support the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes of the Wind River Reservation in gathering people online to commemorate the park’s anniversary while elevating the Tribal community’s voice in conserving and managing Yellowstone.