“By Jessica Mathews
A program centered on the history of the National Parks is set this coming week at a local library.
‘Born in Blood: The Beginning of the National Parks’ will take place at the Brighton District Library on Monday, January 26th from 6:30pm-7:30pm. Attendees can learn about ‘the blood and heartache that Indigenous peoples faced with the creation of the National Parks’.
The Library says the United States boasts some of the most beautiful and breathtaking landscapes imaginable – spaces that have been virtually untouched by human hands.
A release states ‘From the establishment of Yellowstone, the first national park, in 1872, to the most recent national park, New River Gorge, in 2020, the National Park System is in every corner of the United States. But do you know the history behind how these pristine areas became the National Park System and how their creation affected Native Americans?’
Presenter Heather Bruegl is a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and a first-line descendent of the Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe. She is a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, where she studies First Nations Education.
Source: “Born In Blood: The Beginning Of The National Parks” At Brighton District Library, WHMI