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Morning on the Riverwalk along the San Antonio River

January 12, 2020 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

River walk along the San Antonio River

I greet the day with delight in the cool air of dawn. I am happily surprised to find a sliver of solitude along the San Antonio riverwalk.

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: colonialism, nature, rivers, San Antonio, tourism, Yanaguana

Are national parks really America’s best idea?

July 21, 2019 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Ancient Puebloan ruins, Canyon de Chelly

The “best idea” of creating national parks involved eradicating the previous meanings and uses of these places that had sustained indigenous cultures for centuries.

Filed Under: History, Sacred Wonderland Tagged With: colonialism, National Parks, Native Americans, sacred space

Colonizing tourists

October 18, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Tourists on the summit of Cadillac Mountain

Claims that tourism involves colonization, terrorism, dispossession, commodification are valid, but these are reasons to take tourists more seriously and study them more carefully.

Filed Under: Random Tagged With: colonialism, terrorism, tourism

Mesa Wisdom of the Hopi People

August 30, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Mesa sunset, Arizona

Though a product of colonial violence, Frank Waters’ Book of the Hopi offers an alternate vision and a critique of our ultimately self-destructive assumptions, values, and modes of living.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: change, colonialism, Hopi, Native Americans, wisdom

Border walls have a long history in America

July 30, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Wall at Mount Vernon, home of George Washington

Border walls are rooted in a colonial way of thinking about territory that has been fundamental to American claims to land. Even George Washington suggested that we needed one.

Filed Under: History Tagged With: borders, colonialism, conquest, land, walls

Dreaming of Christopher Columbus with an Ache in Your Heart

October 10, 2016 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Christopher Columbus arriving in the New World

Christopher Columbus has become more symbol than historical person. The dreams that his memory inspires as well as the tragedies that resulted from his voyages remain part of our national tale.

Filed Under: History Tagged With: colonialism, Columbus, disease, exploration, history, Native Americans

Painted Ghosts on a Rock Wall

September 8, 2016 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Canyon de Chelly Pictograph

They brought their guns, they brought crosses, they brought an end to the ancient ways of this land. They came on horses that trampled the soil, that fed on the maize, that drank from the river. Spotted dogs sniffed out the places of refuge. During those first days the ancestors painted their ghosts on this […]

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: Canyon de Chelly, colonialism, Native Americans, pictographs

Detourist in a Holy Land

March 29, 2016 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Mount Rushmore Monument

On a sojourn to the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, author Tom Fate discovers the detourist’s novel ways of seeing, being, and relating.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: colonialism, detourist, Mt. Rushmore, Native American, sacred space, tourism, Travel, writing

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I write about religion and tourism, especially in regard to national parks. I am currently working on a history of religion in Yellowstone National Park. Read More…

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