On Nov. 15, Yale historian Ned Blackhawk (Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone) won the National Book Award in nonfiction for his fourth book, “The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples And The Unmaking of U.S. History.” In light of this award, Yale faculty across the field of Native and Indigenous studies discussed their reaction to the book’s wide acclaim and what they believe to be the book’s legacy.
Historian Ned Blackhawk’s sweeping volume, which recognizes the centrality of Native Americans in U.S. history, won the National Book Award in nonfiction.
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Paul Harding s Maine-based historical novel “This Other Eden,” Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s dystopian “Chain-Gang All-Stars” and Justin Torres multi-generational “Blackouts” are among the fiction finalists for the National Book Awards.