Understanding and Teaching Native American History is a timely and
urgently needed remedy to a long-standing gap in history instruction.
While the past three decades have seen burgeoning scholarship in
Indigenous studies, comparatively little of that has trickled into
classrooms. This volume is designed to help teachers effectively
integrate Indigenous history and culture into their lessons, providing
richly researched content and resources across the chronological and
geographical landscape of what is now known as North America.
Despite the availability of new scholarship, many teachers struggle with
contextualizing Indigenous history and experience. Native peoples
frequently find themselves relegated to historical descriptions, merely
a foil to the European settlers who are the protagonists in the dominant
North American narrative. This book offers a way forward, an alternative
framing of the story that highlights the ongoing integral role of Native
peoples via broad coverage in a variety of topics including the
historical, political, and cultural.
With its scope and clarity of vision, suggestions for navigating
sensitive topics, and a multitude of innovative approaches authored by
contributors from multidisciplinary backgrounds, Understanding and
Teaching Native American History will also find use in methods and
other graduate courses. Nearly a decade in the conception and making,
this is a groundbreaking source for both beginning and veteran
instructors.
