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HPL Native American Heritage Month 2023
National Book Awards & Readalikes 2023
OBD 100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times Book Review - Adult
OBD Andrew Carnegie Medal Longlist Nonfiction 2023 - Adult
National Book Awards & Readalikes 2023
OBD 100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times Book Review - Adult
OBD Andrew Carnegie Medal Longlist Nonfiction 2023 - Adult
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"This nation's history and self-understanding have long depended on the notion of a "colonial America," an epoch that supposedly laid the foundation for the modern United States. In Indigenous Continent, Pekka Hämäläinen overturns the traditional, Eurocentric narrative, demonstrating that, far from being weak and helpless "victims" of European colonialism, Indigenous peoples controlled North America well into the 19th century. From the Iroquois...