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"National Parks, Native Sovereignty: Painful Histories and Changing Landscapes"
When:
Wednesday, November 13th, 2024
5:30-7pm
Where:
Hale 230
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ campus
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PRESENTED BY:Ìýthe Center of the American West at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder, Public and Environmental History Center at Colorado State University, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Department of Ethnic Studies, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Office of the Chancellor
Join us as we welcome the editors and authors of the recently released edited volume, National Parks, Native Sovereignty: Experiments in Collaboration, to discuss their contributions to this 2024 book. Based on case studies and interviews, each author's contribution revolves around the fraught relationship between the U.S. federal government management of national parks and the nation's Indigenous peoples. Learn more:Ìý/asmagazine/2024/06/24/balancing-fraught-history-and-modern-collaboration-americas-best-idea
If you have any questions or accessibility needs, please direct messages to: centerwest@colorado.edu / 303-492-4879
Please join us at 5:30pm via Zoom link
In the News
Thomas Andrews, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ professor of history, has been appointed faculty director of the Center of the American West. His appointment became effective in July.
Andrews’ research and teaching focus on western American, environmental, animal, Indigenous and 19th- and 20th-century U.S. history. He is the recipient a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health Grant for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health, a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholars Award and other fellowships.Ìý
The history of Native people and the National Park Service in the United States is fraught. Dispossession, cultural insensitivity, and outright erasure characterize the long relationship that the NPS has with Indigenous groups. But change is possible, as Drs. Christina Hill, Matthew Hill, and Brooke Neely (Research Associate, Center of the American West) adeptly demonstrate in National Parks, National Sovereignty: Experiments in Collaboration (U of Oklahoma Press, 2024).Ìý
Alumnus and professional photographer Chris Sessions explains how one of his first photo assignments 30 years ago in a Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder class evolved into a cultural art exhibit at the Center of the American West.
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ Land Acknowledgment
The Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ, Colorado’s flagship university, honors and recognizes the many contributions of Indigenous peoples in our state. Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder acknowledges that it is located on the traditional territories and ancestral homelands of the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Ute and many other Native American nations. Their forced removal from these territories has caused devastating and lasting impacts. While the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ can never undo or rectify the devastation wrought on Indigenous peoples, we commit to improving and enhancing engagement with Indigenous peoples and issues locally and globally.
We will do this by:
- Recognizing and amplifying the voices of Indigenous Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder students, staff and faculty and their work.Ìý
- Educating, conducting research, supporting student success and integrating Indigenous knowledge.
- Consulting, engaging and working collaboratively with tribal nations to enhance our ability to provide access and culturally sensitive support and to recruit, retain and graduate Native American students in a climate that is inclusive and respectful.