he Northern Arapaho Tribe is pressing its legal claim that tribal members shouldn't be subject to taxation by the state of Wyoming or Fremont County on lands around Riverton. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver is set to hear an appeal from the Northern Arapaho next week. The tribe is appealing a 2009 ruling by Judge Clarence Brimmer of Cheyenne that dismissed its legal challenge. Brimmer ruled the Northern Arapaho Tribe's lawsuit couldn't proceed without the involvement of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe and the federal government. Neither the Shoshone Tribe nor the federal government agreed to participate in the lawsuit. The Northern Arapaho and the Eastern Shoshone share the Wind River Indian Reservation. Congress in the early 20th century opened lands around Riverton to settlement by non-tribal members.
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