The Rediscovery 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.

Over the past year, two prominent historians have invited readers to rethink the master narrative of US history.

Historian Ned Blackhawk’s new book stresses the importance of telling US history with a wider and more inclusive lens.

It is impossible to understand the U.S. without understanding its Indigenous history, writes Ned Blackhawk.

Professor Blackhawk’s new volume attempts to put Native peoples’ stories at the center of the history of the United States.