Dispossessing the Wilderness
Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks

Really worth the read if you are interested in the detailed history of how national parks came to be. I learned a ton and it sent me on my own journey of trying to research national/state parks in my state. Somewhat a slog for me to read because I'm not used to academic writing, even though it's qui......more

Every sentence more damning than the last, my favorite kind of weaponized historical reconnaissance. This is an academic indictment of the willful political violence and performative negligence that allowed National Park commissioners in three "crown jewel" case studies (Yellowstone, Glacier and Yos......more

A must read for anyone interested in the history of Indigenous Americans, the great outdoors and the conservation movement in the United States. This book has immense relevance to our present and future, where hopefully we can take the time to right some perpetuated wrongs and remember that we do no......more

Comps reading. A fairly interesting book by Métis historian, Mark David Spence, about the history of national parks in the United States and their role in the militarization and enclosure of Indigenous land and ultimately Indigenous dispossession. Early colonial accounts perceived landscapes as inha......more

I wanted to learn more about the history of national parks, ahead of my visit this summer to my second one, and this book came up somehow. On first listen, I was concerned about the clinically cold voice of the narrator, but the author's intent and incisive critique shone through. This telling of ho......more