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Book Review


Indian Country, God's Country: Native Americans and the National Parks. By Philip Burnham. (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2000. xvi + 383 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. $27.50.)

     In Indian Country, God's Country, Philip Burnham argues that the creation and expansion of the national park system has come at the expense of Native Americans who once lived in today's parklands. The parks have grown as a result of a century of legally and ethically questionable treaties and land purchases. These deals have not only stripped Indians of their land base, but have also contributed to social and economic problems on the reservations today. To prove his point, Burnham examines the history and current situation of five parks: Death Valley, Mesa Verde, Glacier, the Badlands, and the Grand Canyon. . . .


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