I think it's amazing that wildlife is flourishing in Yosemite right now. I feel conservation is important in the preservation of biodiversity. But I want to po

I think it's amazing that wildlife is flourishing in Yosemite right now. I feel conservation is important in the preservation of biodiversity. But I want to point out an incorrect historical assumption on the author's part. This paragraph caught my attention: > Tourists aren’t allowed in California’s most popular national park, but if they could visit, they might feel as if they had been transported to another time. Either to a previous era, before millions of people started motoring into the valley every year, or to a possible future one, where the artifacts of civilization remain, with fewer humans in the mix. In fact, Yosemite, like much of North America, was inhabited by Native Americans for thousands of years. The Miwok people and others lived in Yosemite before it became a national park. It's a shame the L.A. Times author didn't include this, especially considering there are plenty of articles to be found about the indigenous history of Yosemite merely by Googling it. Here's what I found: > When the Yosemite Valley was first preserved for public use by President Lincoln in 1864 (giving the property to the state of California), much of the local indigenous community had already been devastated by a state militia group, the Mariposa Battalion, as a part of what is today known as the Mariposa War. [0] [0] https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/erasing-native-americans-from-national-parks/ https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/erasing-native-ame...