Nicole Wagon (Northern Arapaho) had spent a year trying to bring the killers of her daughter Jocelyn to justice when she received distressing news — her other daughter, Jade, was missing. Jocelyn had been found shot dead with her partner in her home in Riverton, Wyo., on January 4, 2019. Almost one year later to the day, Wagon filed a missing persons report for Jade, who was 23.
The Wyoming Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a judge and jury were correct in their rulings that the Northern Arapaho Tribe’s former lawyers did not misappropriate $5.5 million in tribal money.
On November 29, 1864, Colorado’s third cavalry descended on a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho, mostly women, children and elders. The massacre that ensued is often considered one of the worst in U.S. history. Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper has apologized for the massacre, but the Northern Arapaho tribe is now negotiating with the City of Boulder for other reparations: some land where the troops trained. Wyoming Public Radio’s Melodie Edwards spoke with Alan O’Hashi, a documentary filmmaker who just released a film about the negotiations.
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