Indian Country, God's Country

"The 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 the public interest, or a bitter betrayal of America's native people." "In Indian Country, God's Country historian Philip Burnham traces the complex relationship between Native Americans and the national parks, relating how Indians were removed, relocated, or otherwise kept at arm's length from lands that became some of our nation's most hallowed ground."--BOOK JACKET.

המשפט הראשון: THE INDIAN VILLAGE DOESN'T APPEAR at all on my map.

שנה

2000

שפה

English

הוצאה

Island Press

מהדורות

1

עמודים

384

ISBN

9781559636674

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata