The Fight To Preserve Wyoming's Indian Reservations | Wind River

In a modern day turn of Cowboys and Indians, White ranchers on the Wind River Indian Reservation in central Wyoming are fighting to protect their long-held water rights for irrigated agriculture. However, the Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes are fighting to save the drained Wind River and a part of their own heritage.
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As the West continues to change, environmentalists and Indian activists alike use the courts in an attempt to curtail some of the traditional, but harmful, practices of white ranchers and farmers.
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[@jnaranjo7891]

Seems to me the treaty should be honored first!

[@Alwaysherethere]

Yup I agree

[@humansustainability]

agree

[@desertmaverick7567]

With the 20 year drought that is going on looks like the Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes have Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah to deal with for water rights as well.

[@MediocreOriginals]

Everyone has and every place has its good and bad issues on rez or off rez, but spare the me the bleeding heart crap, the us gov that has made a special interest group out of native Americans is going to continue to pour money into the rez

[@user-yo5el7nz2v]

Hand outs, you took the land,,what about welfare ranching