Cadillac Mountain, a missing Wabanaki marker and the fight over what national parks should tell

At Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park, visitors can no longer see a summit sign describing the mountain’s sacred significance to the Wabanaki people. The removal came as part of the Trump administration campaign to strip national parks of materials considered disparaging to American history, according to the National Parks Conservation Association. Park staff took down the Cadillac sign on orders from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. The change has strained decades of trust between the park and the Wabanaki Confederacy, known as “the people of the dawnland,” who have inhabited the region for more than 10,000 years and were early stewards of land that includes much of the park. The article also notes other removed signs addressing climate change. Wabanaki Alliance executive director Maulian Bryant said the removed labels erased “the good stuff,” while former National Park Service director Chuck Sams criticized attempts to compress history into a single narrative.