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Wind River

American  
[wind] / wɪnd /

noun

  1. a river in W central Wyoming, flowing SE and joining the Popo Agie River to form the Bighorn River. 120 miles (193 km) long.


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In some cases, bison meat harvested from Native American lands is being sold or donated, as it was during the coronavirus pandemic on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2023

Such deaths have been increasingly common in the Green River headwaters in the Wind River Range, where in 2019 the U.S.

From Washington Times • May 26, 2023

"I also saw another one out in Wyoming that was part of the Wind River Range," Gilman recalled excitedly.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2023

A similar drop was observed at Wind River in Wyoming, where it went from 33 to minus-38 in 24 hours.

From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2022

It is to be noted that the trappers were in the Wind River Valley at the end of September but saw no Shoshone, although this was approximately the time of the annual buffalo hunt.

From Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society by Murphy, Robert F.

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