Wyoming State Office
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BLM Sponsors Wind River Tribal Governments Presentation
The Bureau of Land Management will sponsor a free presentation by Edward Wadda at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 8, in the first floor conference room at the BLM building, 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne.
Wadda’s presentation, “Wind River Reservation Tribal Governments 101,” examines Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribal governments, from pre-reservation times to contemporary governance models.
The free event is being sponsored by the BLM in observance of American Indian Heritage Month. The general public is invited. For more information, call Donna Shaffer at 775-6009.
Wadda is the Eastern Shoshone Tribal Liaison and a former elementary school teacher. He teaches part-time for the Wind River Tribal College and is a volunteer adviser for Wind River United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY).
“Wind River Reservation Tribal Governments 101” is presented by the Wyoming Humanities Council as part of its Humanities Forum.
The Wyoming Humanities Council provides public humanities-based programs in partnership with local organizations and is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, recreational and other activities on BLM-managed land contributed more than $130 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more than 600,000 American jobs. The Bureau is also one of a handful of agencies that collects more revenue than it spends. In FY 2012, nearly $5.7 billion will be generated on lands managed by the BLM, which operates on a $1.1 billion budget. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.
Wyoming State Office 5353 Yellowstone Road Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009