About this ebook
For fifteen thousand years before the Mayflower, civilizations rose and fell across this continent. Cahokia rivaled medieval London. The Haudenosaunee Confederacy practiced representative democracy before European philosophers conceived it. The Ancestral Puebloans built cities that still stand after a thousand years.
This is not the history you learned in school.
Native American History: From Pre-Contact to Present Day tells the full story of America's First Peoples—from ancient origins through five centuries of survival, resistance, and renewal. Written in the accessible style of David McCullough, this thoroughly researched account presents the most comprehensive single-volume history available.
Walk with the first Americans across the Bering land bridge. Stand in Cahokia's great plaza. Witness the devastating impact of 1492. Follow Tecumseh's attempt to unite Native nations. Experience the Trail of Tears. Understand the boarding school era's cultural erasure. Join the 1969 Alcatraz occupation that launched the Red Power movement. Celebrate the legal victories that restored treaty rights and tribal sovereignty.
This book answers the questions Americans should be asking: What civilizations existed before Columbus? Why were treaties broken? How did Native peoples survive cultural genocide? What does sovereignty mean today?
You'll meet Massasoit, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Sitting Bull, Zitkala-Sa, and Wilma Mankiller. You'll understand that Native American history isn't a relic—it's unfolding now.
Perfect for readers who loved Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, 1491, and The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee.
The nations endure. Their story deserves to be known.
