An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Rebecca Dunbar Ortiz

This book, which is a reworking of the book by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, is part of the ReVisioning History for Young People series, which offers fresh perspectives on familiar narratives told from the viewpoint of marginalized communities with middle-grade and young adults in mind. Consisting of accessibly written history books written by notable scholars and adapted by education experts, the series reconstructs and reinterprets America’s past from pre–1492 to the present for a new generation of readers. This is exactly the history that the 1619 project is advocating that we add to the educational curriculum of K-12 and what white supremacists are fighting so hard to exclude. Spanning more than 400 years, this classic bottom-up history examines the legacy of Indigenous peoples’ resistance, resilience, and steadfast fight against imperialism. It challenges the narrative that America is a country that was “discovered” but rather one that was already inhabited and was invaded by Europeans. The Indigenous human rights advocate Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz reveals the roles that settler colonialism and policies of American Indian genocide played in forming our national identity. The original academic text has been fully adapted for middle-grade and young adult readers to include discussion topics, archival images, original maps, recommendations for further reading, and other materials to encourage students, teachers, and general readers to think critically about their own place in history.