National Parks, Native Sovereignty: Experiments in Collaboration Hopi Gary Geist

Gary Geist

The forced relocation and internment of Unanga in 1942 proved a harbinger of Indigenous loss and suffering in World War II Alaska

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National Parks, Native Sovereignty: Experiments in Collaboration Hopi Gary GeistThe history of national parks in the United States mirrors the fraught relations between the Department of the Interior and the nations Indigenous peoples. But amidst the challenges are examples of success. National Parks, Native Sovereignty proposes a reorientation of relationships between tribal nations and national parks, placing Indigenous peoples as co stewards through strategic collaboration. More than simple consultation, strategic