While the mission of the National Park Service is to preserve and protect our nation’s natural and cultural resources for future generations, this doesn’t mean that the methods of preservation are stagnant. Over the past decade, park staff at Mesa Verde National Park have taken steps to tell a more accurate, truthful, and equitable story of the people who once lived on this landscape.

Picuris Pueblo: www.visitpicuris.com

Zuni Pueblo: www.ashiwi-museum.org

Acoma Pueblo: www.acomaskycity.org

Hopi: hopi.org/hopi-sites/

Episode sources: www.mesa-verde-voices.org/episodes/s6e5-a-season-of-change