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Indigenous Continent

The Epic Contest for North America
  • Pekka Hämäläinen
2022
Liveright Publishing Corporation

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Featured Excerpts

  • Engraving by Samuel de Champlain of himself and his Algonquin allies attacking the Iroquois.
    Book Review

    An Expanding Vision of America

    Major new books about the peoples who lived in North America for millennia before the arrival of Europeans are reshaping the history of the continent.
    by Nicole Eustace via New York Review of Books on March 6, 2025
  • Painting, a portrait of Thayendanegea, depicting a a Native American in a red and orange headdress.
    Book Review

    Do We Have the History of Native Americans Backward?

    They dominated far longer than they were dominated, and, a new book contends, shaped the United States in profound ways.
    by David Treuer via The New Yorker on November 7, 2022
  • An art installation that evokes the Hollywood sign with the phrase "Indian Land".
    Book Review

    Contest or Conquest?

    How best to tell the story of oppressed peoples? By chronicling the hardships they’ve faced? Or by highlighting their triumphs over adversity?
    by Daniel Immerwahr via Harper’s on October 11, 2022
  • Map of British colonies of North America in 1776.
    Book Excerpt

    Colonial America Is a Myth

    Rather than a “colonial America,” we should speak of an Indigenous America that was only slowly and unevenly becoming colonial.
    by Pekka Hämäläinen via TIME on October 10, 2022

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Cover of Ned Blackhawk's book; a pole with feathers attached is next to the title, "The Rediscovery of America"

The Promise and Perils of Synthetic Native History

Over the past year, two prominent historians have invited readers to rethink the master narrative of US history.
by Gregory D. Smithers via H-Net on January 11, 2024
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