Hunte: Last summer, while researching an article for The Atlantic, he went on a road trip to visit several national parks. Treuer: And I’m also a professor of English and a writer of books. Treuer: I’m Ojibwe, from the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota. Longoria: Tracie Hunte is a correspondent for The Experiment, and in anticipation of her big trip to the Grand Canyon, she talked to one of The Atlantic’s writers about visiting our national parks.ĭavid Treuer: It’s grand, right? There’s some great views and some interesting, crazy stuff. Hunte: Well, you know what? Maybe there is something about being an adult and, like, being old, or getting older, and witnessing the magnificence of a beautiful park. ( The melody grows more complex as the instrumentation grows more resonant.) I remember my little sister being like-I think she was like 5 years old when we went to Yosemite, and we would hike to the top and she’d be like, “We have witnessed its magnificence, and now we can go home.” She was such a precocious little kid. ( Repetitive, breathy keyboard music plays.) Hunte: And I’m like, “No! We’re going to the Grand Canyon!” ( Laughs.) She’s like, “Can’t I just come to New York?” Hunte: ( Laughingly.) Oh, yeah! No, she is not excited about going to the Grand Canyon. It’s, like, the kids whining in the back, like, "Are we there yet?” and then. And, you know, it’s such a classic American road trip kind of thing. And I’m super excited because this is my first time going to a national park as an adult. Hunte: So, I’m super pumped because this summer, me and my niece and my niece’s mom, we are going to the Grand Canyon. Longoria: What are you go- Hi! What are you going to do this summer? Suddenly, the audio winds down and back.) ( The sounds of geese honking, then a cacophony of other animals cooing and roaring and screeching over organ music. Additional audio from National Geographic, WNYC, PBS, and C-SPAN.Ī transcript of this episode is presented below: Additional music by John Charles Schroeder and Ross Taggart Garren (“Mournful Blues”) and Ken Anderson and Rebecca Ruth Hall (“Calliope - Underscore”). Music by Laundry (“ Films”), Parish Council (“ Socks Before Trousers” and “ Heatherside Stores”), h hunt (“ 11e” and “ Journeys”), and naran ratan (“ Trees etc.”), provided by Tasty Morsels. Use the hashtag #TheExperimentPodcast, or write to us at episode was produced by Tracie Hunte and Gabrielle Berbey, with editing by Matt Collette and Katherine Wells. This episode of The Experiment originally ran on Ap.īe part of The Experiment. The national-park system has been touted as “ America’s best idea.” David Treuer, an Ojibwe historian and the author of The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America From 1890 to the Present, says we can make that idea even better-by giving national parks back to Native Americans.
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