Prayers offered to honor Fort Bridger Treaty of 1868
Sho-Ban tribal members Nelson Racehorse, Chairman Lee Juan Tyler Tendoy
and Nolan Brown on July 3 at Fort Bridger, Wyo.
FORT BRIDGER, Wyo. — A sunrise prayer was conducted at Fort Bridger, Wyoming July 3, at the site of the signing of the Fort Bridger Treaty of 1868.
Fort Hall Business Council Chairman Lee Juan Tyler Tendoy prayed and told the history of the area. He said many bands of our tribal people came from the area, it's a beautiful place.
A sunrise prayer was led by FHBC Chairman Lee Juan Tyler Tendoy at Fort Bridger.
He talked about being at Fort Bridger for the 150 commemoration and it was good to be there again. "It's a beautiful feeling, a blessing we have to carry it on," he said. "We need to do what we can for the little ones." He prayed for the good of our tribal people and balance in life.
The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and Eastern Shoshone are signatories to the Fort Bridger Treaty. Nelson Racehorse and Nolan Brown also represented the Tribes, along with Wendy Parker. Brown represented the Tribes Language and Culture Preservation Department and said the Treaty is important to us, "Our leaders reserved those rights for us - hunting and gathering rights for our wellness, subsist off Mother Earth." He said being at Fort Bridger praying for same thing the ancestors set aside, "so we will always have those things we care about the salmon, deer elk."
Wendy Parker along with Fort Bridger staff.
Darrel Archuleta and his grandsons Cain and Gunner were also in attendance.
