Northern Arapaho Tribe

New Northern Arapaho Business Council resolves to fix tribe’s poor financial management

Bob Beck and Irina Zhorov — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:27:11 +0000

The Northern Arapaho Tribe is a mess, financially. They’re behind on their audits, past audits have not been flattering, and change has been slow to come.

Senate file would allow Northern Arapaho Tribe to hunt eagles

Rebecca Martinez — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:59:52 +0000

The State Senate gave second approval to a bill that would allow the Northern Arapaho Tribe to kill golden eagles for tribal ceremonies as long as it is done in compliance with federal law.

Wind River tribes sign temporary trash contract

Rebecca Martinez — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:02:38 +0000

The tribes on the Wind River Indian Reservation have signed a six-month temporary contract with Fremont County to continue solid waste disposal services there. The previous contract expired earlier this month.

Northern Arapaho Tribal Elections On Hold

Irina Zhorov — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:27:22 +0000

The Northern Arapaho general tribal election, which was supposed to take place today, has been postponed to December.

First, the tribe will conduct a new primary later this month. The original primary election’s results have been voided because Arapaho Business Council members said one candidate, Kim Harja, should not have been on the ballot. Harja is supposed to sit out until 2016 because she was previously dismissed from the Council.

Northern Arapaho tribal entities work to preserve their language in the face of extinction

Rebecca Martinez — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:27:08 +0000

HOST: The number of Northern Arapaho tribe members who speak their native language is dwindling. Tribal entities have been working for decades trying to preserve the language. Wyoming Public Radio’s Rebecca Martinez reports that they’ve been having mixed success.

(Sound: kids speaking Arapaho)

REBECCA MARTINEZ: Tribal elder Alvena Oldman is the director of an Arapaho language immersion preschool in Ethete.

OLDMAN: Hinono’ Eitiino’ Oowu’. Arapaho Language Lodge.

Tribe says it shouldn't be taxed by the state or county

Associated Press — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:38:45 +0000

The Northern Arapaho Tribe is pressing its
legal claim that tribal members shouldn't be subject to taxation by
the state of Wyoming or Fremont County on lands around Riverton.
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver is set to hear an
appeal from the Northern Arapaho next week. The tribe is appealing
a 2009 ruling by Judge Clarence Brimmer of Cheyenne that dismissed
its legal challenge.
Brimmer ruled the Northern Arapaho Tribe's lawsuit couldn't

Northern Arapaho Tribe Wins Right To Capture Two Bald Eagles

Tristan Ahtone — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:17:21 +0000

Wyoming’s Northern Arapaho Tribe is being allowed to capture and kill two bald eagles for religious purposes. The permit comes from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service which has issued similar permits for golden eagles in the past, but never before for bald eagles. Wyoming Public Radio’s Tristan Ahtone reports.