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The Rediscovery of America

Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
  • Ned Blackhawk
2023
Yale University Press

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  • 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
  • Cover of Ned Blackhawk's book; a pole with feathers attached is next to the title, "The Rediscovery of America"
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    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
  • A 1613 engraving of the July 1609 battle between Samuel de Champlain, his men, their Native allies, and Mohawk soldiers.
    Book Review

    The Rediscovery of America: Why Native History is American History

    Historian Ned Blackhawk’s new book stresses the importance of telling US history with a wider and more inclusive lens.
    by David Smith via The Guardian on May 8, 2023
  • Two Pueblo people hold an American flag at the Ceremonial Cave of the Frijoles Canyon in New Mexico.
    Book Excerpt

    Without Indigenous History, There Is No U.S. History

    It is impossible to understand the U.S. without understanding its Indigenous history, writes Ned Blackhawk.
    by Ned Blackhawk via TIME on April 26, 2023
  • Ned Blackhawk and his book "The Rediscovery of America."
    Q&A

    Ned Blackhawk Wants to Unmake the U.S. Origin Story

    Professor Blackhawk’s new volume attempts to put Native peoples’ stories at the center of the history of the United States.
    by Ned Blackhawk, Rhoda Feng via Mother Jones on April 24, 2023
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