Wind River Inter-Tribal Gathering

Greater Yellowstone Coalition

Wind River Inter-Tribal Gathering, hosted by the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes with the Greater Yellowstone Coalition.

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<a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54919e5ae4b057e73fb9016d/t/625f27fda42662341d766f0e/1650403326281/AGENDA_June+1-3+Inter-Tribal+Gathering.pdf" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Conference Agenda </a>This year marks the 150th anniversary of Yellowstone National Park. This important milestone is reason to both reflect on the history of this remarkable place and envision its future. Before the Yellowstone Park Protection Act was signed in 1872, the lands that became the world’s first national park were inhabited by a vast array of Indigenous peoples. Today, close to 50 Tribes claim ancestral and cultural ties to the park. To honor Indigenous ways of life practiced long before 1872 and explore how we can work together to create a brighter future, the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes of the Wind River Reservation, in partnership with Yellowstone National Park and the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, are gathering people together to commemorate the park’s anniversary while elevating the Tribal community’s voice in conserving and managing Yellowstone and other public lands. The Inter-Tribal Gathering aims to bring together Tribal elders, members, and young people from Yellowstone’s 49 affiliated Tribes, as well as non-profits, agency personnel, and the general public to honor, nourish, dance, heal, and celebrate Indigenous people. This event acknowledges the dark history associated with the creation of the park. Indigenous people were killed and forcibly removed from the area to create Yellowstone, and these actions are not celebrated by the Tribal Community. What can be celebrated, however, is the fact that Indigenous people are still here despite the federal policy of assimilation in existence at that time. Indigenous people are fortunate to have retained their lodges, ceremonies, healers, and medicines. And most importantly, their connection to Yellowstone National Park has continued to thrive. Now is a critically important time to gather all 49 Tribes, and others, to build consensus toward a future that includes more Tribal input and participation as it relates to Yellowstone National Park and America’s public lands. The Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Nations would like to welcome all Tribes and people who want to come together and make a difference for Greater Yellowstone now and in the future.

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