| Although new laws have been enacted
giving American Indians access to resources on public lands,
Yellowstone
historically has excluded Indians and their needs from its mission.
Each
of the other flagship national parks — Glacier, Yosemite,
Mesa Verde, and
Grand Canyon — has had successful long-term relationships
with American
Indian groups even as it has sought to emulate Yellowstone in other
dimensions
of national park administration.
In the first comprehensive account
of Indians in and around Yellowstone, Peter Nabokov and Lawrence
Loendorf
seek to correct this administrative disparity. Drawing from
archaeological
records, Indian testimony, tribal archives, and collections of early
artifacts
from the Park, the authors trace the interactions of nearly a dozen
Indian
groups with each of Yellowstone’s four geographic regions.
Restoring a Presence is illustrated
with historical and contemporary photographs and maps and features
narratives
on subjects ranging from traditional Indian uses of plant, mineral, and
animal resources to conflicts involving the Nez Perce, Bannock, and
Sheep
Eater peoples. By considering the many roles Indians have played in the
complex history of the Yellowstone region, authors Nabokov and Loendorf
provide a basis on which the National Park Service and other federal
agencies
can develop more effective relationships with Indian groups in the
Yellowstone
region.
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Restoring a Presence
American Indians and
Yellowstone National Park
by Peter Nabokov and
Lawrence Loendorf
University of Oklahoma
Press, 2004
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