Indian Country, God's Country: Native Americans and the National Parks AUTH-11143230 ISBN13: 9780803297036

ISBN13: 9780803297036

Robert Macfarlane

" -Doug Stanton

A brand new life

Frank's Landing came to signify a threshold for change

Indian Country, God's Country: Native Americans and the National Parks AUTH-11143230 ISBN13: 9780803297036The mythology of "gifted land" is strong in the National Park Service, but some of our greatest parks were "gifted" by people who had little if any choice in the matter. Places like the Grand Canyon's south rim and Glacier had to be bought, finagled, borrowed or taken by force when Indian occupants and owners resisted the call to contribute to the public welfare. The story of national parks and Indians is, depending on perspective, a costly triumph of