Indian Country, God's Country
Subtitle: Native Americans And The National Parks
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: April 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781559636674
Subjects: American history; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Indigenous peoples; Property & real estate; Property, real estate, land & tenancy law; Native Americans; Industries - Park & Recreation Management; Land Tenure Systems; Sociology; History; History - General History; Native American; North America; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Science / Environmental Science; Relocation; Land Use; Government relations; Indians of North America; Indians, Treatment of; Land tenure
First sentence: THE INDIAN VILLAGE DOESN'T APPEAR at all on my map.
Description: "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.