Tribal Parks

Question 1

Cultural Identity

Answer 1

Ability to promote and encourage cultural practice and traditional languages

Question 2

Ecological Conservation

Answer 2

Integrating traditional ecological knowledge into cultural tourism projects
Tourism allows community to decrease dependence on hunting and resource extraction

Question 3

Tribal Park Examples

Answer 3

Frog Bay Tribal National Park
Navajo Nation Parks and Recreation Department, Arizona
Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park, Colorado
Dasiqox Tribal Park (Tsilhqot’in Nation)
Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve

Question 4

Treaty of 1896

Answer 4

Ceded western strip of the Blackfeet Reservation to the federal Government

Question 5

I’m 1986 treaty

Answer 5

Blackfeet retained reserved treaty rights to the ceded strip, the NPS repeatedly argued that these rights were extinguished with the 1910 Glacier National Park legislation

Question 6

Buffalo reintroduction

Answer 6

Economic benefits but possible conflict with private prop and impacts on livelihood

Question 7

Indigenous Conservation Areas