Residents of a town in Wyoming are told to leave; EPA gives the land to American Indian reservation.
The town of Riverton, in Wyoming, has been disputed territory between American Indians and Whites for some time now. The local American Indians are demanding a 1 million acre plot of land which the town sits on, to be added to their current reservation.
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has accepted the local tribe’s claims, and declared the land to be for American Indians, despite any legal authority to do so.
EPA has not said if the residents of the town are will be paid for their properties; the silence is likely to mean they are not.
In a public statement, Senator Leland Christensen said “This is an alarming action when you have a federal agency step in and start to undo congressional acts that has really been our history for 108 years … with the stroke of a pen without talking to the biggest groups impacted, and that would be the city of Riverton and the state of Wyoming.”
The Wyoming Governor, Matt Mead, says the state of Wyoming would not recognize the authority of EPA, and is planning to take legal action through federal courts.
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