Native Nations: A Millennium in North America

Summary

Kathleen DuVal tells a sweeping thousand year history of Indigenous nations across North America, beginning with great cities like Cahokia long before European contact. She centers Native power, diplomacy, and adaptation, showing how nations rose, fell, and reshaped themselves through centuries of trade and conflict. The book reframes the continent's past by placing Indigenous peoples at the heart of the story rather than at its edges.