The story of Thanksgiving is about coming to terms with a difficult truth: the American experiment came at a great cost to Native Americans.
Paul Chaat Smith
Posted inMay 26, 1997: The sacred and profane collide in the West
How do you define sacred?
Note: this essay appeared in this issue alongside the feature story. When it comes to sacred sites, what land managers need is a centralized, disciplined Native American counterpart who could cut a deal, sell it to his or her fellow tribal members and enforce it. In other words, the Park Service needs the Vatican, or […]