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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jessie Wardarski

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

Preserving Native Voices-National Parks - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

In the soft light of dawn, an Ohio tourist studied the interpretive sign at the summit of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park, reading about how magma formed the ground under her feet.

There is one sign she and the other 4 million-plus tourists who visit Acadia annually can no longer see at the summit: a marker explaining the mountain’s sacred significance to the Wabanaki people in the region. “Today, visitors from everywhere find meaning on the mountain,” it said.

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