She lamented the closing of the wilderness, not because it was detrimental to American society, but because it ended a distinct Native American way of life. She wrote a series of articles called ...

Native American reservations cover 55 million acres of land (compared with 84 million acres controlled by the National Park Service), though most of these acres are not managed as wilderness or ...

“In other words, if I head into the mountains with spruce and fir trees, or if I go into one of our four North American ...

The pioneers faced numerous challenges, including hostile Native Americans ... settlers as they forged a new life in the wilderness. Keywords American Pioneer, westward expansion, colonial ...

whether between 19th-century settlers and Native American nations or between 20th-century Americans with different ideas about how to balance wilderness preservation and public access. Wilson’s ...