A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.s. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essential to understanding the evolution of modern America A National Bestseller , in accounts of American history, Indigenous peoples are often treated as largely incidental , either obstacles to be overcome or part of a narrative separate from the arc of nation-building. Blackhawk - shows that Native communities have, instead, been inseparable from the American story all along. Washington Post Book World, Books to Read in 2023, The most enduring feature of U.s. 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 8209, Native histories, from Spanish colonial exploration to the rise of Native American self-determination in the late twentieth century.