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TRADITIONAL
PARK USERS
Alaskan natives . . . Pacific islanders . . . African
Americans . . . These and other groups are sometimes linked to
a park by their identity as a people. As stakeholders, their use
of the park may be tied to knowledge related to religion, traditional
healing practices, or subsistence activities. Often they live
nearby, but not always.
PARK
NEIGHBORS
The neighbors of Louisiana's Cane River Creole National Historical
Park-descendants of plantation owners, laborers, sharecroppers,
and slaves-may diverge on how the park should interpret their
ancestors. Ethnographers mediate among the concerns of such groups,
which can include all those with long-standing links to a park.
INDIAN
TRIBES
Native groups have ties to parks throughout the nation. A park
can be in the original homeland of a tribe forcibly resettled
in the 19th century; in such cases ethnographers may help repatriate
objects in the museum collections.
AFRICAN AMERICANS
African American communities have extensive historical and contemporary cultural connections with many parks throughout the United States. Ethnographers and archeologists have highlighted the continuity of the many stories behind these connections. Visit National Parks Associated with African Americans: An Ethnographic Perspective.
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