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Mountain West Tribes Score Rare Victories Against Corporate Polluters

The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed Shoshone-Bannock jurisdiction over a hazardous waste site on the tribes' reservation.
Courtesy: Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed Shoshone-Bannock jurisdiction over a hazardous waste site on the tribes' reservation.

Tribes in the Mountain West reached resolutions in two long standing environmental disputes this week. The victories for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and...

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Savannah comes to Wyoming Public Media from NPR’s midday show Here & Now, where her work explored everything from Native peoples’ fraught relationship with American elections to the erosion of press freedoms for tribal media outlets. A proud citizen of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, she’s excited to get to know the people of the Wind River reservation and dig into the stories that matter to them.