November is Native American Heritage Month! (It’s one of the reasons Basic Books decided to release Wakara’s America this month—at least I think!). In honor of this month, and to encourage readership of these vital texts, here are five books that helped me write Wakara’s America. I list them in no particular order. Ned Blackhawk’s Violence over the [...]
Today’s the day! Wakara’s America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American West is officially published TODAY with Basic Books. Drawing together deep archival research with Native oral histories, archaeology, geology, and ecology, Wakara’s America offers an innovative new vision of the history of the American West with Native people at its center. It serves [...]
Max Perry Mueller 