Driving through MT, WY, NM and CO I noticed all the interpretive signs are about European explorers

[Quixote1818]

battles between European explorers and Native Americans etc. I do think these are important to show but I also think whenever possible these historical markers should also include some history of the Native American tribes who lived in the area or have a second sign alongside the one about the European explorers. Everything is about Louis & Clark, Kit Carson, Zebulon Pike, Coronado etc. etc. Of course when there are Native American ruins they are covered but it just seems like so much is dedicated to how Europeans explored the area and conquered the Indigenous people.

Am I being too picky here? Just an observation I had the past week on my travels and I was probably more tuned into this sort of thing with all the protesting going on. Not to mention as I looked at a sign about Zebulon Pike this AM in CO near the Great Sand Dunes, I was looking at the area wondering what the native tribes in the area were like.

Maybe we could get some sort of bill introduced for equal representation?

[elleng]

1. Not too picky at all,

and should be incorporated in U.S. education; teach us all where we/our land came from.

[cos dem]

2. Check out the book "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee"

It tells a lot of the stories you're looking for. Warning, it is not a happy book.

[brokephibroke]

3. Probably too picky

You see quite a bit of Native American history in the 4 corners area and up in the RMNP area. Plus there is the entire sand creek massacre history and bents fort.

[erronis]

4. I would love to see more historical markers that gave a timeline including all peoples and

geological history.

I realize that cars whizzing by at 80mph can't read squat, but perhaps a RFID signal would work.

A narrative such as "Annals of the Former World" by John McPhee as he traveled across the US the interstates or "Blue Highways" for a different perspective.

For the history of the peoples occupying these lands over time, a good opinionated story would be "A Peoples History".

Rambling here -- that's the origin of my name.

[tirebiter]

5. Native Americans are conquered nations

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We have a different level of citizenship. I have citizenship in my trbe and 14th amendment status of American citizenship. I was born here. That’s where we are equal. The thing that matters. There are more Cherokee in California than Oklahoma, that’s because of a program by Eisenhower, but the nation is specific to area covered by negotiations.
As far as teaching and learning the history of everybody’s background there’s a lot to remember. Good luck on that.
The Civil war and Reconstruction is already too much for a lot of (most) Americans