'We are killing them all over again': Critics say history is being erased as Trump reshapes narratives at national parks

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Source: CNN Politics

Updated May 2, 2026, 6:08 AM ET
PUBLISHED May 2, 2026, 6:00 AM ET


When tourists see a statue of Gustavus Cheyney Doane, a 19th-century explorer, at a Grand Teton National Park visitor center this spring, a marker beneath it that used to be there will now be missing.

It had asked visitors: “How do we acknowledge the good and bad of a figure?” pointing out that Doane’s expedition led to the designation of the first national park – but also that he helped lead a massacre of at least 173 members of the Piegan Blackfeet – an act he bragged about throughout his life.

Its removal was cited in a lawsuit against the Department of the Interior, which manages the country’s national parks, as one of many changes wrought by President Donald Trump’s March 2025 executive order directing the agency to “take action” against public content that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.”

The Trump administration argues the order ensures that American history is portrayed in a positive light. But critics say it is erasing elements of the nation’s past. “We are killing them all over again,” said Tom Rodgers, a member of the Blackfeet Nation who is known as One Who Rides His Horse East, referring to victims of the massacre, which he called one of the “most despicable historical experiences” for Native Americans.

“I think we’re at a point in our country where people think that if you tell half the truth, you’ve told all the truth, and that in itself, is a lie,” he said. “It’s Orwellian.”

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/02/politics/trump-national-parks-sign-removals-backlash

[sakabatou]

1. Erasing and revising history

[magicarpet]

3. So right you are,..

Turning WHITE SUPREMACIST despicable iron fisted racist killers and murderers,..

.... in to soft, fluffy, cute & cuddly, lovable, huggable, well meaning,.....

................SAINTS.

[popsdenver]

6. They need to continue to cover up

that THEIR white ancestors/politicians were solely responsible for one of the greatest Genocides ever committed..............

30-60 Million Native Americans...........

[flashman13]

2. You do not portray history in a positve or negative light. You portray it honestly. That is the only way you learn.

[magicarpet]

4. With trDUMP,....

....White washing of White Supremacists is paramount.

The "Good Ole Boy Network"' - don't ya know ?

" You scratch my butt crack,... I'll scratch your butt crack.

Gotcha ya covered Bro. With the wave of my magic wand,... all of your problems will poof - just go away.

[J_William_Ryan]

5. It's Orwellian and fundamentally fascist.

Authoritarian regimes always seek to whitewash history.

[bluestarone]

7. Gonna take DECADES to undo

TSF's BULLSHIT. His names should be like MOSES name, (if you believe the bible) Stricken from every BOOK, ALL pylons, and all Obelisks, every monument, building on planet earth!!

[PufPuf23]

8. Erasing history more so history at National Parks is vile.

Erasing or modifying history is a step in dissolving the USA into separate nations which looks more likely if not the only solution should the wrecking crew continue to havoc.

[pat_k]

9. How 'bout a project to comprehensively catalog the erasures funded by Hansjorg Wyss, Melinda Gates, and/or Tom Steyer???

And how 'about enhancing the project with a list of proposed additions -- everyday American heroes that don't "fit" the white supremacist tunnel vision views?

And how 'bout as soon as the felon and his co-conspirator vance have been impeached and removed or voted out, these billionaires help restore symbols of REAL American Values by funding an effort to undo the damage?

Just a thought.

[Lasher]

10. Locking.

This is analysis/opnion.