An expansive history of Native America and winner of the National Book Award, now adapted for younger readers. An essential resource for teachers and students that combats the erasure of Native peoples from US history, telling a fuller and truer account of America. “Eloquent and comprehensive.... In the book’s sweeping synthesis, standard flashpoints of U.S. history take on new meaning.” --Kathleen DuVal, Wall Street Journal Weaving 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 and its evolution in the twenty-first century, Blackhawk ‘rediscovers’ America, guiding readers to a new understanding of our nation’s past and, hopefully, our collective future. The book shows how • European colonization in the 1600s was never a predetermined success; • 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; • twentieth-century reservation activists refashioned American law and policy; • Native history is alive; it is not a relic of the past as it is often presented in history books and lessons. The most enduring feature of U.S. history is the presence of Native Americans, yet most histories focus on Europeans and their descendants. Adapted by Rebecca Stefoff, Blackhawk’s The Rediscovery of America for Young People fills a pressing need in the teaching of American history. The book acknowledges the enduring power, agency, and survival of Indigenous peoples, revealing anew the varied meanings of America. Includes maps, period photos, and other visuals. The For Young People series adapts celebrated nonfiction books for middle and high school readers and includes critically acclaimed and bestselling histories by Ronald Takaki, Howard Zinn, Jared Diamond, Charles C. Mann, and others. "This young reader’s edition of Blackhawk’s National Book Award–winning work reframes Europeans’ so-called discovery of the New World as an encounter with the Native people of that land, noting that 'to tell that story is to recognize that death, violence, and dispossession are part of it.' Also part of it are flashes of activism. In the 1960s, the National Congress of American Indians backed self-determination, and the National Indian Youth Council, inspired by the civil rights movement, emphasized cultural pride and sovereignty in a movement known as Red Power. These efforts shaped reforms in the decades that followed." -- Publishers Weekly PRAISE FOR TH 2023 ADULT EDITION: Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction 2023 A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Best Book of 2023 New York Times, 100 Notable Books of 2023 New Yorker, The Best Books of 2023 New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice Esquire, The 20 Best Books of 2023 Finalist, 2023 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History “Blackhawk never lets us forget that his book is not a work of ‘Indigenous history’ but rather one of American history. He eloquently argues that ‘the enduring sovereignty of Native communities’ must be recognized ‘as a defining thread of US politics.’”—Nicole Eustace, New York Review of Books “A sweeping, important, revisionist work of American history that places Native Americans front and center.”—New York Times Book Review (cover review) “[A] monumental reappraisal of the United States’ history. . . . Blackhawk . . . foregrounds the endurance of Native Americans’ autonomy and traditions in the face of their near-eradication.”—New Yorker, “The Best Books of 2023” “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 . . . challenges those minimalizations and exclusions, showing that Native communities have, instead, been inseparable from the American story all along.”—Washington Post Book World, “Books to Read in 2023” “This ambitious retelling of the American story, by a historian who is also a Native American, places Indigenous populations at the center, a shift in perspective that yields fresh insights and thought-provoking questions.”—New York Times, “100 Notable Books of 2023” “Gripping and nuanced, The Rediscovery of America is an essential remedy to the historical record.”—Adrienne Westenfeld, Esquire, “The 20 Best Books of 2023” “Blackhawk demonstrates how inextricably linked Indigenous history is with all aspects of American life and politics in this expansive survey, which teases out the deep connection between the aims and attitudes of the developing nation and its dealings with Native peoples. Reorienting the history of America as foremost that of an Indigenous colony, Blackhawk calls for a fundamental change of perspective.”—Publishers Weekly “A thoughtful, innovative, and provocative book. . . . The legends about t