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Wind
River Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation shared by
the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes of Native
Americans in the central western portion of the U.S. state of
Wyoming. It is the seventh-largest Indian reservation by area
in the United States, encompassing a land area of 3,473.272 sq
mi (8,995.733 km²), or land and water area of
3,532.010 sq mi (9,147.864 km²), encompassing just
over one-third of Fremont County and over one-fifth of Hot
Springs County. The reservation is located in the Wind River
Basin, and is surrounded by the Wind River Mountain Range, Owl
Creek Mountains, and the Absaroka Mountains. The 2000 census
reported a population of 23,237 inhabitants. The largest town
is Riverton. Headquarters are at Fort Washakie.
The Wind River
Indian Reservation was established for the Eastern Shoshone
Indians in 1868. Camp Auger, a military post with troops, was
established at the present site of Lander on June 28, 1869. In
1870 the name was changed to Camp Brown and in 1871 the post
was moved to the current site of Fort Washakie. The nickname
was changed to honor the Shoshone Chief Washakie in 1878 and
continued to serve as a military post until its abandonment in
1909. A government school and hospital functioned for many
years east of Fort Washakie and children were sent here to
board during the school year. St. Michael's at Ethete
was constructed in 1917-20. The village of Arapahoe was
originally established as a sub-agency to distribute rations to
the Arapaho and at one time had a large trading post. In 1906 a
portion of the reservation was ceded to white settlement and
Riverton evolved on some of this land. Lands were allotted in
the 19th century to the various families and names were
anglicized. Irrigation was brought in to develop farming and
ranching and a flour mill constructed near Fort Washakie.
Arapaho
Indian Treaties
Arapaho
Traditions
Books
about Wind River Reservation
Cities,
Towns and Places
Genealogy
Research Help
History
of Wind River Reservation
Historic Highway Markers
Indian
Census Rolls
Legends
of the Arapaho
Northern
Arapaho
Officers Killed in the Line of Duty
The
Arapaho
The
Arapaho Language Project
The
Arapaho Tribe Overview
The
Shoshone
Tracing
Native Ancestry
Traditional
Arapaho Stories
Tribal
Libraries
Vintage
Photographs
Western States Marriages
Wind
River Tribal College
Wyoming Newspaper Project
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