✊ Indigenous Sovereignty

Works centering the political, legal, and spiritual dimensions of Indigenous self-determination, challenging colonial frameworks and affirming the right of nations to govern their own lands and futures.

Unworthy Republic

by Claudio Saunt • 2020

Eighty thousand deported. A ledger-obsessed bureaucracy. The hidden cost behind the Trail of Tears.

4.22

2k+

🎩 Jacksonian America 🏚️ Settler Colonialism ⛓️ Antebellum South 🧳 Forced Migration 🏞️ Land Dispossession

Unworthy Republic

Eighty thousand deported. A ledger-obsessed bureaucracy. The hidden cost behind the Trail of Tears.

by Claudio Saunt 2020

4.22

2k+ ratings

🎩 Jacksonian America 🏚️ Settler Colonialism ⛓️ Antebellum South 🧳 Forced Migration 🏞️ Land Dispossession

A Protest History of the United States

by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall • 2025

From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.

4.12

188

🪧 Social Movements 📖 People's History ✊🏿 Racial Justice ⚒️ Labor History 🗳️ Women's Rights

A Protest History of the United States

From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.

by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall 2025

4.12

188 ratings

🪧 Social Movements 📖 People's History ✊🏿 Racial Justice ⚒️ Labor History 🗳️ Women's Rights

The Interbellum Constitution

by Alison L. LaCroix • 2024

Antebellum America's constitutional crisis: federal power and states' rights kept swapping sides.

4.47

⚖️ American Legal History 🏛️ Federalism ⏳ Antebellum America 📜 States' Rights ⛓️ Slavery And The Law

The Interbellum Constitution

Antebellum America's constitutional crisis: federal power and states' rights kept swapping sides.

by Alison L. LaCroix 2024

4.47

17 ratings

⚖️ American Legal History 🏛️ Federalism ⏳ Antebellum America 📜 States' Rights ⛓️ Slavery And The Law

The Gods of Indian Country

by Jennifer Graber • 2018

Christian reformers posed as friends to Native people; their friendship was a weapon.

4.13

🏜️ American West 🪶 Native American Religion ✝️ Christian Missions 📜 Assimilation Policy 🌾 Land Dispossession

The Gods of Indian Country

Christian reformers posed as friends to Native people; their friendship was a weapon.

by Jennifer Graber 2018

4.13

46 ratings

🏜️ American West 🪶 Native American Religion ✝️ Christian Missions 📜 Assimilation Policy 🌾 Land Dispossession

The Mammoth Book of Native Americans

by Jon E. Lewis • 2003

A continent of 500 nations: the civilizations, plagues, and wars that remade Native America.

3.96

180

🪶 Native American History 🏛️ Pre-Columbian Civilizations 🥾 Forced Removal ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🏚️ Cultural Genocide

The Mammoth Book of Native Americans

A continent of 500 nations: the civilizations, plagues, and wars that remade Native America.

by Jon E. Lewis 2003

3.96

180 ratings

🪶 Native American History 🏛️ Pre-Columbian Civilizations 🥾 Forced Removal ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🏚️ Cultural Genocide

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