Native Nations

A Pulitzer-Prize winning new history of indigenous Americans, by the winner of the 2024 Cundill History Prize

A magisterial overview of a thousand years of Native American history

An immersive and richly textured history of the native nations of North America

An essential American history ... DuVal fuses a millennium of Native American history into a thought-provoking, persuasive whole

An indispensable guide to the epic history of Native North America

Both majestic in scope and intimate in tone ... No single volume can adequately depict the gamut of Indigenous cultures, but DuVal's comes close

Sweeping and important ... It is hard to imagine a more learned and humane guide to the last thousand years of this story than DuVal

An engaging read ... From astronomical calendars to smallpox's spread after colonisation, Native Nations centres Indigenous people themselves, tearing down misconceptions

Kathleen DuVal is a professor of History at the University of North Carolina. She is the author of Independence Lost and Give Me Liberty! She has written for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Her most recent book, Native Nations, won the 2024 Cundill History Prize.