Unlike your typical outdoor tours, Indigenous adventure operators share ancient and living cultures that have intertwined with these landscapes since time immemorial
The U.S. forced the Blackfeet to cede the territory that became Glacier National Park in what Derek DesRosier’s father, Ed, calls the “Disagreement of 1895.” Almost a hundred years later, when Ed DesRosier got his first tour permits, he faced a resistant park service. His first citation in 1992 for unofficial operation contributed to widespread protests and lobbying over the lack of Indigenous access in the national park.
: Some Sun Tours start from Montana’s high plains and offer the chance to spot bison, elk, deer, moose, antelope, black bears, and grizzly bears. As Sun Tours celebrates 30 years of interpretive tours and custom hiking throughout all corners of Glacier National Park, Ed DesRosier reflects on the journey with hope.
Like other Indigenous-run adventure tours, Sun Tours is not only for non-Native guests. DesRosier’s familiarity with Glacier National Park comes from frequent trips as a child and he wants every Blackfeet member to have the same opportunity. His goal is to get them there through employment, field trips, and community events.
“A lot of Blackfeet people don’t really think about it as theirs,” says DesRosier. With the tours, “our own people learn more about who they are and recognize Glacier Park is our own.”Stacey Simmons laughs as two bald eagles dive at a young brown bear that strayed too close to their nest. For Simmons, director of operations at the
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