Sarah Lucas has been asked to leave the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming after she preached a sermon condemning Arapaho ceremonial ways.
A Christian pastor on Wyoming's Wind River Reservation is refusing to leave after two tribal councils declared her unwelcome and passed ordinances restricting religious groups, a standoff that pits tribal sovereignty against religious liberty and private property rights. Sarah Lucas, who leads Foundations for Nations Church in Arapahoe, Wyoming, preached a sermon during the Arapaho […] The post Arapaho tribes move to expel Christian pastor who condemned sundance ceremony as idol worship appeared first on American Almanac .
A Christian pastor on Wyoming's Wind River Reservation is refusing to leave after two tribal councils declared her unwelcome and passed ordinances restricting religious groups, a standoff that pits tribal sovereignty against religious liberty and private property rights. Sarah Lucas, who leads Foundations for Nations Church in Arapahoe, Wyoming, preached a sermon during the Arapaho sundance ceremony calling the sacred practice "idol worship." A video of the sermon circulated in July, just as Arapaho people emerged from their weeklong ceremony. The backlash was swift. Both the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribal councils passed ordinances requiring religious groups to seek tribal approval before operating on the Wind River…Open