Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative

05/29/2026

Wind River Cares Behavioral Health visited us this week. 🦬☀🙂

For the last few months we have been working with their Strengthening Generations group to support programing for young Native women! We have sponsored making concho belts and breast plates.

Pam Duran, our Associate Director, spoke to the group about what we've been working on and the importance of passing down cultural knowledge to younger generations.

📸 Pam Duran and Taylar Dawn Stagner

05/26/2026

Thank you Patti for sharing your time and knowledge with the youth!

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05/22/2026

It was a good morning! 🎣

Thank you to Wyoming Game and Fish and Trout Unlimited for supporting WRTBI to coordinate the Trout In the Classroom Program. This is the third year that Wind River schools have participated in the Trout in the Classroom program. Special thanks to participating teachers:

John Gookin - Ft Washakie High
Mark roy - Fort Washakie Middle
Nick Potter - Wyoming Indian Middle
Mike Duffy - Wyoming Indian High
Jordan Walter - Arapaho Charter High
Matt House - St Stephens High
Emily Summers - St Stephens
And Art Lawson - Fish and Game

By hatching, raising and releasing rainbow trout fry, students take ownership of a project that connects them to the watershed.

05/22/2026

Coming together to support the future of Tribal Conservation and Outdoor Leadership! 🦬

This month during 5 Buffalo Days, Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative put together the third annual Outdoor Leadership and Conservation Day. Around 15 different organizations from across the Wind River Indian Reservation and state of Wyoming spoke with students from Fort Washakie Schools about all the different career options available in conservation.

A big thank you to all the governmental agencies, organizations, and people who donated their time to teach our youth about the importance of water, land, and wildlife. This work is impossible without you.

US Fish and Wildlife
Shoshone Arapaho Tribal Fish and Game
Trout Unlimited
Wind River Canyon Whitewater & Fly Fishing
White Buffalo Youth Prevention
Eastern Shoshone Tribal Health
The Nature Conservancy
Wyoming Game and Fish Large Carnivore Unit
Teton Raptor Center
Arapaho Ranch
The Treeline Project
BIA Forestry (United Fire Service)
WYO Climbers
American Heart Association

05/19/2026

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(Morton, WY) – Five Buffalo Days was celebrated May 4th at the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative’s camp outside Fort Washakie with a harvest, a hands-on lesson in butchering, and a lot of middle schoolers finding out what raw buffalo kidney tastes like. Jason Baldes and his team from the init...

05/18/2026

Congratulations to all the new graduates from the University of Wyoming!🎓

A special shout out to our Science Director Albert Mason Jr. who received their Master's in Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management, and our Education and Culture Coordinator Jeremy Mott who received their Bachelor's in English.

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05/16/2026

Last Monday we hosted a Buffalo harvest for 5 Buffalo Days! 🦬

We had a blast having around 250 students from Fort Washakie Schools. Meat cutting, hide tanning, and processing made the day go by fast! Here are some snap shots of the event.

Thanks to the FWS Office of Indian Education for all the work to put on Manikit Bozhan Davay 🌻

05/13/2026

Looking for a Summer Job? Work for the Wind River Fire and Fuels Youth Crew! Wind River applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.

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Final day for application submissions: May 20th. Final decisions about hiring will be made by: May 30th.

+18 to apply!

What's included?

All training
Bunk/dorm housing in Jackson, WY
Start-up payment for basic supplies like sheets, pillow, blanket, and first week’s food
Vehicle and fuel
Work boots
Rain jacket and pants
All PPE and fieldwork equipment

05/11/2026

✨️ Sixteen baby Buffalo born into the Eastern Shoshone herd and two born into the Northern Arapaho herd ✨️

The Red Dogs are happy and staying close to their mom's side.

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