Have you heard the story of the residents of Riverton, Wyo.? One day they were Wyomingans, the next they were members of the Wind River tribes — after the Environmental Protection Agency declared the town part of the Wind River Indian Reservation, undoing a 1905 law passed by Congress and angering state officials.
The surprise decision was made by officials of the EPA, the Department of Interior, and Department of Justice early last month, and has invoked the ire of Gov. Matt Mead, who has vowed not to honor the agency’s decision and is preparing to fight in court. “My deep concern is about an administrative agency of the federal government altering a state’s boundary and going against over 100 years of history and law,” Mead said in a statement. “This should be a concern to all citizens because, if the EPA can unilaterally take land away from a state, where will it stop?”
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/01/08/epa-overrides-congress-hands-over-town-to-indian-tribes/#ixzz2rW8viQGg
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Imagine how the residents of Riverton must feel betrayed by the U.S. Government. For more than 100 years, this small city, out in the middle of wide open Wyoming, where there are more deer and antelope combined than there are people, Native American and White combined, property, homes and businesses have been built, bought and sold. Now, the federal government has robbed those residents.
The land for building Riverton, which is an incorporated Wyoming community, was ceded from the Wind River Indian Reservation back around 1905 - by an Act of Congress. Today, the population of the community is 75.5% White...10% American Indian...and 9.7% Hispanic.
The town is a bustling community, with more than 70-percent of those who work holding a job right within city limits. Average commute time is 13 minutes. A very high percentage of those living in Riverton own their home...or they did own their home. Now, Obama's Environmental Protection Agency has given those homes, the property and the entire town to the Wind River tribes.
Rest assured, there is more to this story than having to with the "Clean Air Act"... this is a government take over of private property. So... Do you really think you own your home or the property it sits on? As the residents of Riverton, WY have discovered, our government thinks otherwise - and without any real reason whatsoever, they will seize your property. - Toby Bridges, UN-America
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