For fifteen thousand years before European contact, Indigenous peoples built thriving civilizations across North America—from Cahokia, a city rivaling medieval London, to the Haudenosaunee Confederacy whose democratic principles influenced the U.S. Constitution.
This book tells the full story: the Bering land bridge migrations, the catastrophic impact of 1492, the Trail of Tears, Wounded Knee, boarding schools, and Red Power activism including the 1969 Alcatraz occupation.
Experience forgotten history through the voices of those who lived it. Follow Red Cloud's 1866 war against the U.S. Army. Stand with Sitting Bull at Little Bighorn. Witness the 71-day siege at Wounded Knee in 1973.
Drawing on primary sources, archaeological evidence, and the latest scholarship, this authoritative account spans 15,000 BCE to today. Discover how Indigenous peoples survived five centuries of disease, war, and cultural genocide—and why they're still fighting for sovereignty.
Five hundred nations. Fifteen thousand years. The American history they never taught you in school.
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