Record details

• ISBN: 0195118820 (acid-free paper)
• ISBN: 9780195118827 (acid-free paper)
• Physical Description: viii, 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
• Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-179) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

From common ground -- Looking backward and westward: the "Indian wilderness" in the antebellum era -- The wild West, or toward separate islands -- Before the wilderness: native peoples and Yellowstone -- First wilderness: America's wonderland and Indian removal from Yellowstone National Park -- Backbone of the world: the Blackfeet and the Glacier National Park area -- Crowning the continent: the American wilderness ideal and Blackfeet exclusion from Glacier National Park -- The heart of the Sierras, 1864-1916 -- Yosemite Indians and the National Park ideal, 1916-1969 -- Exceptions and the rule.

Search for related items by subject

Subject:

Indians of North America > Relocation > West (U.S.)
Wilderness areas > Government policy > United States.
National parks and reserves > Government policy > United States.
Nature conservation > Social aspects > United States.