 Fort Washakie
Fort Washakie is in Fremont County, in the Riverton metro area. The community was named after Shoshone Chief Washakie. His policies of accomodation with the Whites also included an...
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 Wyoming Cities
Wyoming is loaded with incredible experiences. Each town has its own unique feel and offerings. But the constant is the authentic western adventure you will find no matter where you are in Wyoming...
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 Heavy Eagle Tepee Rental
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 The Power of Powwows
Pow wow is the steady thump of beaters on a hide-covered drum, a cadence of mixed voices singing in Arapaho, Shoshone, Crow, or Lakota, and the sweep and swirl of men and boys wearing brightly colored...
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 Gallery of the Wind & Museum
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 Bed, Breakfast & Battlefield
Most of the major Indian-military battles in Wyoming occurred during the 1860s in the Powder River Basin as Northern Plains tribes rebuffed efforts to establish forts in their territory. In August of...
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 Pat-Tours on the Wind River Indian Reservation
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 Storming the Fort: Fort Washakie
Eastern Shoshone Indians still utilize some of the buildings at Fort Washakie (1871-1909), in central Wyoming north of Lander, established following the 1868 treaty with the Shoshones that placed them...
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 Tale of Two Tribes
The Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Indians share the Wind River Reservation in central Wyoming, but these two tribal nations have distinct histories and cultures.
The most well known of all Shoshone...
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 Northwest Wyoming
The centerpiece of Northwest Wyoming is Yellowstone National Park. But, Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Hole, Cody, the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Wind River Canyon, the Wind River...
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