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Colin Calloway Dartmouth College
Why You Can't Teach United States History without American Indians confronts a fundamental problem for historians: how do we rethink the U.S. history survey to meaningfully include Indian peoples and Indian experiences? In tackling this complex and multifaceted question, these essays identify specific problems with the current curriculum and give us a new set of tools with which to chip away at the old block. This book stands as a much-needed addition to the field of indigenous studies.
Ari Kelman
An absolutely essential book, Why You Can't Teach United States History without American Indians reveals a powerful truth: that the experiences of Indigenous peoples should be central rather than peripheral in American history classrooms. This guidebook for teachers who want to reshape their pedagogy brings together ideas from leading scholars in the field of Native American studies. With their beautifully written essays, the authors will change how readers think about the past.
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An absolutely essential book, Why You Can't Teach United States History without American Indians reveals a powerful truth: that the experiences of Indigenous peoples should be central rather than peripheral in American history classrooms. This guidebook for teachers who want to reshape their pedagogy brings together ideas from leading scholars in the field of Native American studies. With their beautifully written essays, the authors will change how readers think about the past.—Ari Kelman, McCabe Greer Professor, Penn State University
Why You Can't Teach United States History without American Indians confronts a fundamental problem for historians: how do we rethink the U.S. history survey to meaningfully include Indian peoples and Indian experiences? In tackling this complex and multifaceted question, these essays identify specific problems with the current curriculum and give us a new set of tools with which to chip away at the old block. This book stands as a much-needed addition to the field of indigenous studies.—Colin Calloway, Dartmouth College
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