DuVal will discuss the histories of early America&rsquo\;s marginalized voices\, recounting untold stories from the American Revolution and centering Indigenous nations in our retelling of N orth American History.
\nJoining this conversation is KUAF News Dire ctor and host of Ozarks at Large\, Kyle Kellams. Pearl's Books will be sel ling books at the event\, and a book signing will follow the program.
\ nNative Nations explores the history and enduring sovereignty of Indigenous American civilizations over a thousand years\, highlighting their adaptability\, r esilience\, and influence before and after European colonization. DuVal il lustrates how the definitions of power and \;methods of exerting it ev olved over time\, though the influence of Native peoples remained steadfas t and will continue to persist in the future. \;Native Nations \;i s also the winner of The Bancroft Prize\, The Cundill History Prize\, and the Mark Lynton History Prize.
\nThe Pulitzer Prize Board called DuV al&rsquo\;s book &ldquo\;a panoramic portrait of Native American nations a nd communities over a thousand years\, a vivid and accessible account of t heir endurance\, ingenuity and achievement in the face of conflict and dis possession.&rdquo\; The Wall Street Journal called Native Nations &ldquo\; an essential American history.&rdquo\;
\nA graduate of Fayetteville High School\, DuVal studie
d at Stanford University and the University of California-Davis\, where sh
e earned a doctorate. DuVal is professor of history at University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her books include \;Native Nations: A Millennium in
North America\, \;Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of
the American Revolution\, \;The Native Grou
nd: Indians and Colonists in the Heart of the Continent\, \;<
em>Interpreting a Continent: \;Voices from Colonial America\, and
\;Foundations of American Democracy. \;
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