Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
History
As the world's oldest national park, Yellowstone holds a key place in both the historical de-
velopment of the US National Park Service and the spread of protected wilderness areas
across the globe. This is hallowed ground to both environmentalists and tourists, and the
tensions between the two form the major theme of the past, present and doubtless the future
of Yellowstone and Grand Teton.
To experience Native American culture in the Yel-
lowstone region, attend the Crow Fair or the Plains
Indians Powwow in Cody; visit Cody's Plains Indi-
an Museum or Colter Bay Indian Arts Museum; or
join a Crow interpreter tour of the Battle of Little
Bighorn outside Billings.
