Lunch and Learn returns with special guest Kathleen DuVal\, author of "Native Nations: A Millennium in North America " in conversation with the Prince George's County Office of Human Rights a nd the Prince George's County Memorial Library System.
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About the book:
\n"In \;this magis terial history of the continent\, Kathleen DuVal traces the power of \ ;Native \;nations \;from the rise of ancient cities more than 1000 years ago to the present. She reframes \;North \;American history \, noting significantly that Indigenous civilizations did not come to \;a \;halt when \;a \;few wandering explorers or hungry settle rs arrived\, even when the strangers came well-armed. \;A \;millen nium \;ago\, \;North \;American cities rivaled urban centers a round the world \;in \;size\, but following \;a \;period o f climate change and instability DuVal shows how numerous \;nations&nb sp\;emerged from previously centralized civilizations. From this urban pas t\, patterns of egalitarian government structures\, complex economies and trade\, and diplomacy spread across \;North \;America. And\, when Europeans did arrive \;in \;the 16th century\, they encountered so cieties they did not understand and whose power they often underestimated. For centuries\, Indigenous people maintained an upper hand and used Europ eans \;in \;pursuit of their own interests. \;In \;Native& nbsp\;Nations\, we see how Mohawks closely controlled trade with the Dutch --and influenced global trade patterns--and how Quapaws manipulated French colonists. With the American Revolution\, power dynamics shifted\, but In digenous people continued to control the majority of the continent. The Sh awnee brothers Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa built alliances across the contine nt and encouraged \;a \;controversial new definition of \;Nati ve \;identity to attempt to wall off U.S. ambitions. The Cherokees cre ated new institutions to assert their sovereignty to the U.S. and on the g lobal stage\, and the Kiowas used their preponderance of power \;in&nb sp\;the west to regulate the passage of white settlers across their territ ory. The definitions of power and means of exerting it shifted over time\, but the sovereignty and influence of Indigenous \;nations \;has b een \;a \;constant." -From the Catalog
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About th e author:
\nKathleen DuVal is a history professor at the University of North Carolina\, Chapel Hill. She is a Guggenheim Fellow and the author of \;Native Nations: A Millennium in North America\, which was shortl isted for the Cundill History Prize. Her other books include \;Indepen dence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution\, \;The Nativ e Ground: Indians and Colonists in the Heart of the Continent\, and the U. S. history textbook \;Give Me Liberty! \;She has published in the& nbsp\;William and Mary Quarterly\, the \;Journal of the Early Republic \, \;The Atlantic\, \;Time \;magazine\, and the \;New York Times\, and she is a regular book reviewer for the \;Wall Street Jour nal.
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