GET ME REWRITE: Trump administration takes its whitewashing of American history to national parks -- and to the American public

 

Illustration:  Nathan Archer

Headline:  Minnesota Star Tribune, 

Dee DePass reports:

In Minnesota, staff reported informational signs and books that referenced forced relocations, starvation and treaty violations of Native American tribes living in Minnesota and Wisconsin, including Ojibwe, Yankton Sioux and Dakota, according to groups that work with the parks and staffers who did not want to talk for attribution for fear of losing their jobs. 

“That’s very worrisome,” said Chris Goepfert, the associate director of the National Parks Conservation Association.\ 

Goepfert was shocked last month when she stumbled across a sign at the visitors center at Voyageurs National Park in International Falls asking the public’s help in identifying anti-American material. [emphasis added]

Similar signs were posted at other national park sites, including the Mississippi River and Recreation Area and Pipestone National Monument.

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