John Gunderman believed his vision for a campground with 70 tepees, 12 hogans and 43 Conestoga wagons in the Arizona desert off Route 66 would “invoke nostalgia that transcends to every generation.” Others disagreed...
Francis Whitebird, a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, in Rapid City, S.D. on July 21, 2021, who says that Lakota spirituality is being misused by non-Native establishments.
The opponents feared the development would cut off access to Indigenous medicinal plants and desecrate the grounds where some believe Apaches were murdered by Navajo in 1878. Additionally, “for many Native Americans there is nothing good or nostalgic about covered wagons,” Amy Cegielski, a county resident and member of the Navajo tribe, told the board of supervisors.
As tourism transitioned to private automobiles, the fascination with Native American culture continued. In 1926, private “Harvey Cars,” with drivers wearing cowboy garb and white, female tour guides dressed in traditional Native American jewelry and belts, took travelers on one- to three-day tours from Southwest hotels to pueblos.
In 1938, Chester Lewis was so taken with a Wigwam village he saw in Kentucky, he purchased the plans and rights to use the name. One of the Wigwam motels remains in the Lewis family. That one, off Route 66 in Holbrook, Arizona, was the sixth village built, and periodically gets a nod in movies and television. The “village” features 15 28-foot-tall white concrete-and-steel, tepee-shaped units decorated with a red zigzag and arranged in a semicircle. Calls to a motel spokeswoman were not returned.
Crystal Echo Hawk, founder and executive director of IllumiNative, an advocacy group, said in an email that tribal members and their advocates have pushed for changes like this for decades. “Removing language that stereotypes and harms Native people have long been a focus for Native activists,” she wrote.
In Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis formed an advisory board that is considering asking the federal government for more than a dozen name changes. Among those under consideration are a mountain named for Kit Carson, who among other things led the forced 300-mile Long Walk of the Navajo in 1864 during which hundreds died, and another mountain honoring the territorial governor John Evans, who that same year authorized citizens “to go in pursuit of all hostile Indians on the plains.
The JW Marriott Tucson Starr Pass Resort & Spa advertises a sunrise “Mitakuye Oyasin” ritual, which is “curated and conducted by a member of the Navajo Nation community,” according to Marriott spokeswoman Terri Worthington.
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