Associated Press - October 8, 2009 12:25 PM ET
RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed the Northern Arapaho Tribe's lawsuit against the state of Wyoming and Fremont County over a long-standing boundary dispute.
Judge Clarence Brimmer of Cheyenne ruled on Tuesday that the tribe's lawsuit couldn't proceed without the participation of the United States and the Eastern Shoshone Tribe. The judge said that both had refused to enter the case and couldn't be forced to do so.
Northern Arapaho leaders say they plan to appeal Brimmer's decision.
The tribe had claimed that land around the city of Riverton was still part of the Wind River Indian Reservation for taxation purposes. Congress more than 100 years ago opened up reservation land in the area to settlement by non-tribal members.
Information from: The (Riverton) Ranger, http://www.dailyranger.com
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