An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

What if everything you learned about American history left out its most urgent truths? In An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, acclaimed historian and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz turns the nation’s founding story on its head—inviting you to witness history through the eyes of the people it tried to erase. Spanning more than 400 years, this landmark book exposes the systematic genocide and land theft that built the United States, and honors the centuries of resistance and survival led by Indigenous communities. From federal policies to popular culture, Dunbar-Ortiz reveals how deeply rooted settler-colonial violence is in the American story—and how understanding this truth is essential to shaping a just future. This is not the history we were taught—but it’s the one we must learn.