Names can be deceiving: on Yosemite’s Lake Tenaya
Apr 12th, 2022As the case of Lake Tanaya demonstrates, when we read place-names out of context, they often tell us very little. They sometimes even mislead us. No place-name is neutral.
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Yellowstone’s 150th Anniversary
Apr 6th, 2022Within a larger reflection on the logics and limitations of Western Conservation, renaming campaigns function as punctuation marks: driving forward an important conversation about the history and future of our public lands in a time of profound environmental and social change.
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Place Names and #LandBack
Apr 1st, 2022In the United States, federal lands are stolen lands. When the first European settlers arrived on the shores of North America, moving westward to the Pacific Ocean, there were, by some estimates, upwards of 112 million Indigenous people already living on the continent. Organized into their own rich and diverse societies, Indigenous Nations, bands, and … Read more
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