Bureau of Land Management Harassment of Western Shoshone Ranchers

The following links are to correspondence between BLM officials and Chief Raymond Yowell. These letters provide information about and examples of BLM harassment of Western Shoshone ranchers.

• Unauthorized Use Notice and Order to Remove: Letter of February 19, 1998, from Clinton R. Oke, assistant District Manager, Renewable Resources, BLM Elko Field Office [gif 61k]
• Reply to Unauthorized Use Notice, etc.: Letter of February 21, 1998, from Raymond D. Yowell, Chief, Western Shoshone National Council
• Response to Chief Yowell's Reply: Letter of April 27, 1998, from Helen Hankins, District Manager, BLM Elko Field Office [gif 21k]

• Introduction