Denver is on the homelands of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute people (niineniiniicie is the Arapaho name for Denver), but also has a very diverse Native population due to being a relocation city - where the government provided incentives for American Indians living on reservations to move to urban areas in the 1950’s.

Since the outdoor industry relies so heavily on public lands, lands often acquired illegally from or through violence against indigenous people, it is good to see more effort to include Native voices in this summer’s retailer including a Tribal Summit organized by @nativeoutdoors and @patagonia. However, this is just a beginning. I want to encourage the outdoors people who follow this account, especially the non-Native outdoors people, to continue to learn about the histories of the lands they hike and camp on and continue to push for greater acknowledgement of and collaboration with Native nations by the companies they buy from and work for. You guys have power. Use it.