Wyoming Cultural Groups

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Wyoming Ethnic Groups
Today, most Wyoming residents are of northern European descent.

African Americans
Several thousand African Americans are located primarily around Cheyenne.

American Indians
Many Arapahoe, Cheyenne, and Shoshoni Indians live on the Wind River Reservation of west-central Wyoming (see Indians of Wyoming).

Finns
A sizable number of Finns came to work the mines in Uinta and Sweetwater counties in the late 1880s. In 1895, a group of about 600 settlers came from Iowa and Illinois to homestead reclaimed land at a place now called Emblem.

Hispanic Americans
There are Hispanic groups around Rock Springs and Cheyenne.

Italians
There are small numbers of Italians in Rock Springs.

Wyoming Political Groups
The women's sufferage movement gained considerable attention of the nation from the late 1860's through statehood. The history of this movement gives background to the lives of women living in Wyoming during this period.