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The Rediscovery of America

Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History (The Henry Roe Cloud Series on American Indians and Modernity)

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The Rediscovery of America

By: Ned Blackhawk
Narrated by: Jason Grasl
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The most enduring feature of US history is the presence of Native Americans, yet most histories focus on Europeans and their descendants. This long practice of ignoring Indigenous history is changing, however, with a new generation of scholars insists that any full American history address the struggle, survival, and resurgence of American Indian nations. Indigenous history is essential to understanding the evolution of modern America.

Ned Blackhawk interweaves five centuries of Native and non-Native histories, from Spanish colonial exploration to the rise of Native American self-determination in the late twentieth century. In this transformative synthesis he shows that: European colonization in the 1600s was never a predetermined success; Native nations helped shape England's crisis of empire; the first shots of the American Revolution were prompted by Indian affairs in the interior; California Indians targeted by federally funded militias were among the first casualties of the Civil War; the Union victory forever recalibrated Native communities across the West; and twentieth-century reservation activists refashioned American law and policy. Blackhawk's retelling of US history acknowledges the enduring power, agency, and survival of Indigenous peoples, yielding a truer account of the United States and revealing anew the varied meanings of America.

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Americas Indigenous Peoples Indigenous Studies Social Sciences Specific Demographics United States American History War Self-Determination Imperialism Old West Wild West
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His perspective is just what is needed. Eye-opening, well-documented story. It is trite to say ‘I am ashamed of our ancestors’ but I really am. Yet a book like this also says, there are things to be done . Be watchdogs over our treacherous government. Thanks Ned Blackhawk! Brilliant analysis.

Hardhitting no nonsense history

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Ned Blackhawk has done incredible research on the lives of Native peoples from Massachusetts to California and across the centuries. He proves his thesis that the indigenous have been integral in shaping our country and provides detailed stories of the impact and survival of many tribes across time and place. The scope is amazing and makes me want to rethink the way we teach US history.

Excellent comprehensive history of Native Peoples and their impact on the development of America

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I think this is a necessary read for everyone. Indian rights need to be fought for

How much I did not know and the lapses in my education.

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Excellent history that doesn’t just tell Native Smerican history, but its shared history with Euro-Americans.

Well research and informative

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I liked everything, the book itself, the narrator, the beginning, the middle and the ending.

The white man will always and forever attempt to rule the world imo

Excellent

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This book is an interesting overview of the history of native and non-native interaction in the U.S. from 1492 to the present. For example it explains how early enslavement of indigenous peoples by European settlers established a pattern that paved the way for the slave trade in the U.S., and how native alliances with the British became one of the provoking causes of the American revolution. The book documents the shifting attitudes of the government towards Indian tribes, and the uncertainties surrounding their legal status under the Constitution and how it has evolved over time.

Unfortunately, the narrator of this book has a manner of delivery that is disconcerting and that undermines the narrative flow of the story. The narrator routinely emphasizes the wrong word in a phrase, and pauses within a sentence or between sentences, in ways that are distracting and make the book hard to follow.

Interesting book marred by poor reading

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What a powerful reframing of American history! Well written and well read. Provocative and comprehensive.

A brilliant integration of tribal histories into American history

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The book gave a complete explanation for all that American Natives were forced to endure. Yet they survived and are starting to thrive again. I doubt the white man, if similarly subjugated, could cope half as well, without its privilege.

The attention and detail to primary historical sources was exemplary.

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It’s loaded with factual information that most Americans have never learned.
No doubt that it would serve well as a textbook in a University level course.

That being said, the narrator is mechanical and non inspiring. It’s a dry listen. Not something that compels the listener to continue

Probably best used as a textbook

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an unspectacular textbook devoid of interesting narration and connection. i felt bad for assigning this text to students

souless narration on par with AI readings

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