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Decolonizing National Parks: A Conversation About Repatriation And Shared Authority, Stephanie Walrath
Decolonizing National Parks: A Conversation About Repatriation And Shared Authority, Stephanie Walrath
Graduate Student Research Symposium
This project explores how shared authority in national parks can be reassessed through the lens of administrative repatriation. The majority of NPS interpretations focus on conservation and naturalist education, perpetuate a mythology of “gifted land,” and have neglected cultural imprints as an integral element of the land’s history. The rich histories of the peoples that have occupied these lands over time provide an opportunity for the NPS that few museums possess: to present an American history that is deeply interwoven with the natural landscape and recall events back farther than any constructed museums can possibly venture. National parks have an …