Pekka Hämäläinen’s Indigenous Continent retells the history of North America as a story driven first and foremost by Indigenous nations, not European empires. Moving from the pre-contact era through centuries of conflict, alliance, trade, and resistance, Hämäläinen shows how Native polities shaped the continent’s politics, economies, and wars, and how European and later American powers were forced to respond. The book becomes both sweeping narrative and corrective to settler histories, arguing that North America was and remains an Indigenous continent.

WHY WE PICKED IT: Because this is one of the major recent works insisting that Indigenous nations belong at the center of the story, not at the margins. It’s a strong choice for readers of history who want to unsettle the standard textbook version of North America.

DETAILS: • Author: Pekka Hämäläinen
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: September 12, 2023
• ISBN: 9781324094067
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