The Value of Controversy and Education
Mount Rushmore superintendent discusses both in National Park Service management
By Carol Berry, Today correspondent
Indian Country Today
Story Published: Sep 29, 2008 – Story Updated: Sep 25, 2008
BOULDER, Colo. – America’s national parks, venerated family recreation areas since the time of Teddy Roosevelt, may become important reflections of the country’s Native history, aided by a National Park Service superintendent who believes “controversy is always fun and education is always needed.”
Gerard Baker, highest-ranking American Indian in the Park Service and now superintendent of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, said several other historical “battle” sites may join Colorado’s Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site as officially designated massacre locations. (Read on …)
