A Christian pastor called Arapaho ceremonies ‘idol worship.’ Now the tribe wants her church gone0

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• September 14, 2026

ARAPAHOE, Wyo. — Every Sunday morning on the Wind River Reservation, congregants gather at Foundations for Nations Church to pray while protesters outside do the same. The two rituals have unfolded in parallel since the Christian church’s pastor, Sarah Lucas, preached a sermon condemning Arapaho ceremonial ways. The Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone Tribes that