Showing posts with label national parks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label national parks. Show all posts
December 26, 2014

Valley of Fire State Park

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After visiting my family Christmas Day in Las Vegas, I spent Dec. 26 in Nevada's Valley of Fire State Park. Unlike national parks such ...
July 02, 2013

Navajos protest Wallenda walk

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Wallenda walk over Little Colorado gets mixed reviews on Reservation By Rosanda Suetopka Thayer A group of protesters expressed concern ov...
June 25, 2013

Wallenda crosses Little Colorado River Gorge

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Before Nik Wallenda's "Skywire" walk: Where Evel Knievel Never Soared: A Wallenda Flies Over the Grand Canyon Nik Wallenda, ...
June 10, 2013

Navajo and Hopi protest Escalade

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Navajo and Hopi oppose plan dubbed the Escalade By Katherine Saltzstein Confluence Partners, LLC of Tucson, Arizona hopes to build a museu...
April 15, 2013

Joshua Tree sites vandalized

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Joshua Tree targeted by graffiti vandals using social media By Phil Willon Joshua Tree National Park has become a destination of taggers, ...
April 07, 2013

Tightrope walk over Grand Canyon planned

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Tribes Have Mixed Feelings About Tightrope Walker Coming to the Grand Canyon By Anne Minard Famed tightrope walker Nik Wallenda last made ...
November 28, 2012

Yurok woman runs national park inn

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Spirit of Enterprise: Yurok Woman and Husband Run the Historic Requa Inn in Redwood National Park By Lynn Armitage Even as the U.S. econom...
September 21, 2012

Chimney Rock to be national monument

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Chimney Rock to be named a national monument By Allison Sherry President Barack Obama will designate Chimney Rock as a national monument F...
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August 21, 2012

Top chefs cook for Hualapai

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Top Chef: Masters Heats Up as World-Renowned Chefs Cook For the Hualapai on the Rim At Grand Canyon West By Colin Daviau BRAVO channel’s Top...
July 13, 2012

Canadian parks incorporate Native culture

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Many of Canada’s National Parks Now Honor First Nations Peoples By Hans Tammemagi Parks Canada, founded in 1911, was the world’s first natio...
June 26, 2012

South Dakota trip schedule (Day 3)

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Morning Iron Mountain Road Custer State Park --buffalo herds and other wildlife Afternoon Wind Cave National Park Needles Highway 6:00 PM Re...
June 24, 2012

South Dakota trip schedule (Day 1)

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7:00 AM–1:00 PM Flight to South Dakota 3:00–5:30 PM Prairie Edge Gallery 5:30–11:00 PM Mt. Rushmore --lighting ceremony
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June 10, 2012

False Kiva in Motion

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I caught an episode of Motion , "a daily outdoor exercise and activity program," on TV Sunday. Apparently Motion is a syndicated...
April 27, 2012

Chaco Canyon quarter debuts

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Chaco Canyon quarter unveiled By Ryan Boetel An image of Chaco Canyon's north wall and two ancient community spaces is in pockets across...
December 28, 2011

Lake Mead and Hoover Dam

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Over Christmas I visited my brother's family in Las Vegas. On the way back I stopped at Lake Mead and Hoover Dam, which are a few miles...
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December 26, 2011

First tribal park open to public

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Public national park is a tribal first By Don Behm In a first for the U.S., the Red Cliff Chippewa is creating Frog Bay Tribal National Park...
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November 16, 2011

Chickasaw quarter debuts

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New quarter honoring Chickasaw National Recreation Area is celebrated in Sulphur The Chickasaw National Recreation Area quarter was unveiled...
October 27, 2011

Navajos split on Grand Canyon flights

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Navajo Nation Split On Grand Canyon Flight Restrictions By Laurel Morales Four months after the official public comment period ended, Grand ...
October 02, 2011

Doig reserve plans tribal park

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Huge ‘tribal park’ with stunning ecosystem to span B.C.-Alberta By Mark Hume It’s not official yet but a new park that will straddle the bor...
August 31, 2011

Parks evict tribes from "wilderness"

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Two Different Approaches to 'Wilderness' By Joanna Eede The concept of "wilderness" has long existed, in Western cultu...