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"Mark David Spence examines the complex origins of the national parks and the troubling consequences of the American wilderness ideal. He explores the idealization of uninhabited wilderness in the late nineteenth century and the policies of Indian removal developed at Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Glacier national parks between the 1870s and the 1930s. Concerned with the historical and cultural importance of national park areas to the peoples who previously inhabited them, Spence also analyzes the efforts of various American Indian tribes to maintain a connection to these places after their dispossession. The first study to place national park history within the context of the early reservation era, this book details the ways in which national parks have developed into one of the most important arenas of contention between native peoples and non-Indians in the twentieth century." "Spence's rich study will interest scholars and students of environmental history, Western history, American studies, and American Indian studies, as well as native scholars, environmentalists, and members of the National Park Service."--BOOK JACKET.
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Government policy, Indians of North America, National parks and reserves, Nature conservation, Relocation, Social aspects, Social aspects of Nature conservation, Wilderness areas, Indians of north america, land tenure, Indians of north america, west (u.s.), Indians of north america, relocation, Indian Removal, 1813-1903, Réserves de la vie sauvage, Politique gouvernementale, Parcs nationaux, Nature, Conservation, Aspect social, Indiens d'Amérique, Déplacement, 1813-1903, Nationalpark, Vertreibung, Naturschutzgebiet, Gründung, Indianer, Indianen, Gedwongen migratie, Nationale parken, Natuurbeheer, Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, HISTORY, State & LocalPlaces
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Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks
October 9, 2000, Oxford University Press, USA
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-179) and index.
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"TRAVELING SLOWLY UP THE Missouri River in the summer of 1832, George Catlin constantly marveled at the grand vistas stretching off to the horizon in every direction."
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National parks like Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Glacier preserve some of this country's most cherished wilderness landscapes. While visions of pristine, uninhabited nature led to the creation of these parks, they also inspired policies of Indian removal. By contrasting the native histories of
these places with the links between Indian policy developments and preservationist efforts, this work examines the complex origins of the national parks and the troubling consequences of the American wilderness ideal. The first study to place national park history within the context of the early
reservation era, it details the ways that national parks developed into one of the most important arenas of contention between native peoples and non-Indians in the twentieth century.
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