Veterans Discover Allure of Jobs in Western Wilderness

Link

Veterans Discover Allure of Jobs in Western Wilderness

I remember back in the late 1980’s, a friend of mine became a smoke jumper after getting out of the service.

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — On the hillside above Evelyn Lake, deep in the southern Sierra Nevada, it was surprisingly easy to tell time: precisely at noon, a loud whoop echoed amid the black-flecked granite and dust, signaling lunch hour for the 17-person crew repairing the trail to the lake.
The New York Times

Many National Parks Get Indian Stories Wrong

Link

Too much of the NPS’s interpretation of our history is incomplete, and it usually leaves out the Native stories.

Too much of the NPS’s interpretation of our history is incomplete, and it usually leaves out the Native stories. And when it does tell a Native story, all too often, it is through the eyes of other people, the way it has been done it in too many movies.
Indian Country Today