Public historians who want to work with, by, and for Native people need to acknowledge the complicated history of Native activism and federal collaboration that led to National Parks and Native Sovereignty: Experiments in Collaboration. Edited by Christina Gish Hill, Matthew J. Hill, and Brooke Neely, this text takes a unique methodological approach not often seen in edited volumes: highlighting and discussing different failures as a way towards collaborative success and working on projects in a more meaningful way. The authors emphasize persistence and practice over perfection, encouraging any practitioner, Indigenous or not, to keep an open mind and find a way towards resolution. From a variety of perspectives, the contributing authors as well as the editors offer a vulnerable and affective look at collaboration between Native and non-Native groups in national parks across the country.
Every public history professional should use this text as a guidebook and springboard for...
University of California Press