“Financing Dispossession”: A Conversation
In the September 2019 issue of the Journal of American History, Claudio Saunt shows that…
Browsing: Native American
Inside the JAH: Species of Sovereignty
“Species of Sovereignty: Native Nationhood, the United States, and International Law, 1783–1795,” might be my…
American Indian History State of the Field Session
A large and enthusiastic crowd showed up for the “State of the Field: American Indian…
Bringing Indian Treaties to a Wider Audience
Since 2014, our neighbor on the National Mall, the National Museum of the American Indian…
History, Power, and Federal Indian Law
Working in both law and history, I often encounter historians who express anxiety about treading…
Native Foods and the Colonial Gaze
Just as the field of food history has achieved prominence in recent years—as this month’s…
Teaching Ancient America
Most survey-level American history classes cover one of two periods: the first concluding somewhere in…
Native American History is the Answer to Your Coverage Problems
For collegiate or high school history teachers, August is the season of tinkering. With new…
There’s Nothing New about the “New Slavery”
About 45.8 million people in 167 countries live in some form of modern slavery according…
Teaching the JAH: Robert Michael Morrissey on “The Power of the Ecotone”
“Rethinking early Native American history is a difficult enterprise,” Robert Morrissey argues. “Myths and stereotypes…