ABSTRACT
The soldiers, westward trekkers, and transportation-communication organizers who came into the region in the 1840s, 1850s, and most of the 1860s also found the Indians unreceptive to new forms of social organization, such as the church. Much of the Indian’s social organization as it existed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was based on some aspect of survival. Military personnel stationed at a few permanent installations in the region engaged in some social activities, such as dancing and games imported from the East, but most of their social organization was within the military unit. Probably the Wyoming organization most expressive of the social activities of one group of persons is the Wyoming High School Activities Association. During the 20th century, the number and type of social organizations increased greatly. The full story of social organization in Wyoming for the entire period of human occupance has yet to be recounted.
