De geschiedenis van de Native Americans en de manier waarop de Europese kolonisten hen behandelden is tragisch en lange tijd genegeerd door de Amerikanen. Veel van de plaatsen die voor de Native Americans een belangrijke betekenis hebben, zijn erkend als National Park of National Monument, maar meestal om andere redenen. Deze dertig bekende en minder bekende plaatsen in de Verenigde Staten zijn heilig of belangrijk voor de Native Americans.
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Prachtige portretten van de Standing Rock Sioux gebundeld in één boek
Sitka in Alaska © Lordkinbote, Wikicommons
Nez Perce National Historical Park in Montana, Idaho, Oregon en Washington © NPS
Pipe Spring National Monument in Arizon © NPS
Wounded Knee Battlefield in South Dakota © Belga
Aztec Ruins National Monument in New Mexico © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Badlands National Park in South Dakota © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Big Hole National Battlefield in Montana © Forest Service Northern Region
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area in Wyoming © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in Arizona © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Canyon de Chelly National Monument in Arizona © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Chiricahua National Monument in Arizona © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Fort Bowie National Historic Site in Arizona © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Glacier National Park in Montana © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Horseshoe Bend in Arizona © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Hovenweep National Monument in Colorado en Utah © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site © Xerxes2004, Wikicommons
Little Big Horn in Montana © Getty Images
Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Monument Valley in Arizona © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Olympic National Park in Washington © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Pecos National Historical Park in New Mexico © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Petroglyph National Monument in New Mexico © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Rainbow Bridge National Monument in Utah © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Rosebud Battlefield State Park in Montana © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Great Smokey Mountains National Park in North Carolina en Tennessee © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, Idaho, Montana © Getty Images/iStockphoto
Yosemite National Park in Californie © Getty Images/iStockphoto
