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\"We prioritize and primarily investigate violent felonies,\" Corollo said, describing partnerships the FBI formed in the last several years with BIA, state police and county agencies to pursue narcotics trafficking and violent crime.

Corollo and several state witnesses described three persistent challenges: overlapping jurisdiction among tribal, federal and state agencies; a rise in drug trafficking and fentanyl on and around the reservation; and underreporting or delayed reporting of missing persons.

Task forces and alerts

Corollo described the Safe Trails Task Force, a multiagency narcotics task force that includes the FBI, Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation, Wyoming Highway Patrol and county and local partners, and said the group has recorded recent seizures and prosecutions. James Thomas, field operations commander for the Wyoming Highway Patrol, said the Patrol values the partnerships and noted the agency is working to expand training so troopers can carry Special Law Enforcement Commission cross-deputization in order to enforce on reservation cases under tribal jurisdiction.

Brian Kent, a Highway Patrol communications specialist, explained the three alert types now used in Wyoming and how they are deployed by dispatchers: Amber Alert (child abduction), Ashanti Alert (adults believed abducted or endangered) and Missing/Endangered Advisory (non-phone-alert advisory to law enforcement). He said alerts are posted quickly once law enforcement confirms criteria.

\"It's time is of the essence,\" Kent said, describing the importance of near-immediate alerts and the state's recent legislative changes enabling decentralized reporting and faster activation.

Missing and murdered indigenous persons and genetic genealogy

Cara Chambers, director of the Division of Victim Services at the Wyoming Attorney General's Office, and Emily Grant from the University of Wyoming presented the task force's data updates and policy work, including the state's missing-persons protocol law (Senate File 114). Grant said revised annual numbers show disproportionate homicide and missing-person rates for Indigenous people.

\"The homicide rates in Wyoming for, indigenous people are about 8 times higher than it is for white people in the state,\" Grant said, summarizing figures compiled for the task force.

Commander Ryan Cox of the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation described a forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) pilot funded by the legislature. The pilot created an application process, contracted with a lab and is consulting on a handful of qualifying cold cases. Cox said the science can take time but can produce investigative leads by comparing unknown DNA against voluntarily contributed public genealogy databases and then using genealogical research to identify potential relatives.

Public outreach and trust

Speakers said improving reporting (especially for missing persons), victim services and public information is essential. FBI and state officials said they will continue community outreach and work to build trust with tribal members, and tribal MMIP liaisons described local volunteer and training efforts including Amber/Ashanti tabletop exercises. No formal votes or directives were recorded.

Ending

Committee members asked for continued training and a data-driven follow-up. Presenters recommended more multiagency training, expanded SLEC cross-deputization and continued support for the MMIP task force and FGG pilot.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Select Committee on Tribal Relations, May 23, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","FBI, Wyoming Highway Patrol and state MMIP staff told the Select Committee that jurisdictional complexity, drug trafficking and reporting gaps complicate investigations; partners described task forces, a new state Ashanti alert process and a forensic genetic genealogy pilot for cold cases.","taxTitle","Select Committee on Tribal Relations, Select Committees & Task Force, Committees, Legislative, Wyoming","taxId",29167,"location","Wyoming","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6227905,"Tribal leaders and BIA say irrigation infrastructure needs persistent funding; Lander landfill closure noted as logistics factor",403,3260000,3663000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3478642-edfa6370e8a607ee3cc0cfca3be3c430&start=3260&end=3663","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3478642-edfa6370e8a607ee3cc0cfca3be3c430/thumbnail_3260000.jpg","/articles/6227905/Wyoming/Tribal-leaders-and-BIA-say-irrigation-infrastructure-needs-persistent-funding-Lander-landfill-closure-noted-as-logistics-factor","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6227905-e2568fc164de7fda734b432fba5dcaf2/orig.mp4?Expires=1770812357&Signature=LcjRpvQF1WGBlNq74UqofpWEfBY0Cu3pzyBbcocn2dzw2qaCtSNBWioj4h8KzxNZOw8UGXPhJ3mXCTFK6O0yjYOoX9gP4wmybq2lKj3rJ9jSxl4YUWb2YiWofDPSvgOONSPkZ0glKCppy5qqMLEKV2-Ehd3dHz~Ehq4V1WYzDxC6I8lL023ji4U9pyKohejwHRugWllZHnc7ZbGGKJlC94OWAq4zeF9FmS0BBEpKlLgn5wRyJHmyMkhbXKxk1QTPZeJA~f7DIQvw1jZhxCcX~1zNwI8kGNuEOqhWKf1taVXcGP0yJNl6DgI~fGumi1rl6NRqQMgXxLHqDwU9yGpUHg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Lehi Shakespeare, Bureau of Indian Affairs regional director for the Rocky Mountain Region, told the Select Committee on Tribal Relations that the BIA has project-based funds for irrigation repairs but that some contractor work has led to new leaks and litigation.

\"There is a portion of the funding that gets filtered down through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and we have do have that money that's project based,\" Shakespeare said, describing funding that can be put to specific irrigation repairs.

Committee members and presenters described three interlocking issues: decayed irrigation infrastructure on the reservation, limited local capacity to operate or fix systems and competing formulas for funding and operation. Speakers said some infrastructure is more than a century old and that delivery systems are earthen ditches that lose water in transit.

Litigation and funding pathways

Shakespeare and other speakers said some recently completed projects required rework and in at least one instance are now subject to litigation because the repairs were not up to specification and are leaking. They said tribes can rank projects, apply for BIA project funding, and also pursue state water-development money, which includes severance-tax-supported funds in Wyoming.

\"When they did the the 638 it, the whole program, that kinda fell by the wayside,\" one tribal official told the committee, describing earlier shifts in how irrigation work was managed and funded. Speakers said opportunities now exist for tribal entities to access state water-development funds and that the committees should coordinate to match projects with available grants.

Logistics and landfill closures

Speakers also flagged that county waste logistics affect tribal transport costs. A tribal solid-waste manager told the committee the Lander landfill is slated to close in 2029 and that Fremont County materials will move to Sandrock (referred to in testimony as Sandro) landfill sites, increasing haul distances and fuel and equipment needs for transfer-station operators.

Next steps

Committee members discussed holding a future session focused on irrigation and water rights, and presenters recommended inviting the Office of Tribal Water Engineers and state water-development representatives to explore matching funds, storage projects and prioritized repairs. No formal votes or directives were recorded; presenters said they will continue ranking projects and applying for available state and federal funding.","Committee heard that irrigation systems across the Wind River Indian Reservation are dilapidated, that BIA and tribal engineers are pursuing funding and litigation over failed repairs, and that future landfill closures will affect waste transport and costs.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6227909,"Arapaho First outlines cleanup, grant and operations plan after years of illegal dumping at reservation transfer sites",3159,102000,3261000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3478642-edfa6370e8a607ee3cc0cfca3be3c430&start=102&end=3261","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3478642-edfa6370e8a607ee3cc0cfca3be3c430/thumbnail_102000.jpg","/articles/6227909/Wyoming/Arapaho-First-outlines-cleanup-grant-and-operations-plan-after-years-of-illegal-dumping-at-reservation-transfer-sites","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6227909-393fcc6c7f37663972df2e8262e3b332/orig.mp4?Expires=1770812357&Signature=mvX5Wwp4PPjIwtCxixG4LKChr~stsfQFurufWfk3dgoqI8yHH7TZ4ouqj9nHA1ZGU-Yw31n-XVyMddqXnsM1h-N8qzEigQnhVj0Rq9-j~ph5Oy2wE1eH-nlbUyU2Be5IYQAzFCdcXT4BiY2fl9dXmbV1s3TpQLnybhRhuGNhUuP1nkeTpUy2xNzYIGeVysy0laHmOrRlLs3MMrBglkRsMfremxhf9xGZfFTWmPyQpecGi8DBFiCHT6YZG3piP~aae-fNgmQ7-VdP-qWNA~u8Bc1JjusZ7KVmkQSRNpPDnDvKdiGzRFI60lYq4XE5XQZUm3dk7fqAFrRzvrjNuMcmQg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Sean Brown, an Arapaho First representative, told the Select Committee on Tribal Relations that Arapaho First has taken on management of multiple transfer stations and undertaken an extensive cleanup effort after years of neglect and open dumping.

\"We were able to clean it up. It was a total of 506 tons of, waste that we removed from the EFT transfer station,\" Brown said, describing a joint cleanup the tribe paid for and partly shared with intertribal partners.

The cleanup and upgrades matter because the transfer stations serve residents across the Wind River Indian Reservation and beyond, and years of fires, damaged canisters and open dumping left sites unsafe or unusable. Brown said Arapaho First sold an asset to raise capital, contracted Hopper Disposals and removed waste that cost roughly $137,000 to clean up, with intertribal partners agreeing to cover half the cost.

USDA grant and equipment

Brown told the committee Arapaho First obtained a USDA grant \"which was 1,400,000.0\" and used funds within the grant parameters to buy infrastructure and equipment for the transfer stations. He said the tribe purchased eight new 40-yard containers, spent about $84,000 on containers, repaired fencing, installed cameras and staffed a gate attendant to separate tires, metals and municipal trash. He said the facility has operated under the new configuration for roughly three months.

\"We had a USDA grant that we received the year prior,\" Brown said, describing how the funds were applied to equipment upgrades and fencing to reduce open dumping.

Scope of illegal dumping and next steps

Brown identified the reservation's largest illegal-dumping sites and said the tribe has begun preliminary engineering work and an integrated solid waste plan. He said three large sites selected for study include one near Great Plains housing (about 27 acres of trash), a site called Double Dives off Gas Hills (about 19 acres) and a smaller Yellow Calf site (about 7 to 10 acres). He also described East Bay/E3 transfer station conditions and an earlier major cleanup of roughly 25 acres.

Brown said Arapaho First is seeking multiple grants, including a Community Change grant application and other supplemental funding, and has received $50,000 from the Indian Health Service to support a planning study. He said the tribe recently submitted documents to the EPA related to remediation at a former bulk-storage site and is awaiting approval to begin hauling fuel once the SPCC plan is accepted.

Local solid-waste directors' view

Veil Tambana, director of the Shoshone/solid-waste program (Fort Washakie/Crowheart/Ethete areas), told the committee the split from an intertribal joint program alleviated pressure on a small crew and that they have begun measures to reduce bin fires by creating an ash pit and by directing appliances and metals to Lander, which accepts them.

\"It's coming along pretty good,\" Tambana said, describing haul schedules and plans to begin charging for some services once the council approves fee changes.

Community volunteers and partnerships

Committee members and presenters described extensive volunteer support during cleanups. Brown said the first volunteer day drew more than 100 people and subsequent days more than 60, and that casinos and other local partners donated labor and materials.

What the committee asked and what was directed

Committee members thanked tribal leaders for the work and asked about reopening the Arapaho transfer station and plans to address ongoing illegal dumping. Brown and other speakers said they will pursue additional grants and partnerships and finalize an integrated solid-waste plan and rate study. No formal motions or votes were taken at the meeting.

Ending

Tribal solid-waste leaders asked for continued intergovernmental cooperation, funding flexibility and additional training and equipment to sustain new operations and to reduce illegal dumping across reservation sites.","Arapaho First and tribal solid-waste managers told the Select Committee on Tribal Relations they removed hundreds of tons of waste, used USDA funding for repairs and are pursuing grants and new operations to curb illegal dumping at multiple reservation sites.","actionData","errors"]

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