An indigenous peoples' history of the united states for young people, paperback/roxanne dunbar-ortiz

Spanning more than 400 years, this classic bottom-up history examines the legacy of Indigenous peoples resistance, resilience, and steadfast fight against imperialism.

Going beyond the story of America as a country discovered by a few brave men in the New World, 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 is fully adapted by renowned curriculum experts Debbie Reese and Jean Mendoza, 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.

About the Author: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz has been active in the international Indigenous movement for more than four decades and is known for her lifelong commitment to national and international social justice issues.

She lives in San Francisco.

Debbie Reese is an educator and founder of American Indians in Childrens Literature (AICL).

She is tribally enrolled at Nambe Owingeh, a federally recognized tribe, and grew up on Nambes reservation.

She holds a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Illinois.

Jean Mendoza holds a PhD in curriculum and instruction and an M.

Ed in early childhood education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Mendoza married into a Mvskoke (Creek) family for whom being Creek is an important part of identity.