“Return the National Parks to the Tribes” —May issue makes a forceful moral case that the jewels of America’s landscape should belong to America’s original peoples.
“The idea of a virgin American wilderness—an Eden untouched by humans and devoid of sin—is an illusion. The national parks are sometimes called ‘America’s best idea,’ and there is much to recommend them. They are indeed awesome places, worthy of reverence and preservation, as Native Americans like me would be the first to tell you.