"The first history of the United States told from the perspective of indigenous peoples"--

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz grew up in rural Oklahoma in a tenant farming family. She 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. Dunbar-Ortiz is the winner of the 2017 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize, and is the author or editor of many books, including Not “A Nation of Immigrants.”Winner of the American Book Award (2015). She lives in San Francisco. Connect with her at reddirtsite.com or on Twitter @rdunbaro.

Foreword to the Tenth-Anniversary Edition, by Raoul Peck
Introduction to the Tenth-Anniversary Edition
INTRODUCTION
This Land
ONE
Follow the Corn
TWO
Culture of Conquest
THREE
Cult of the Covenant
FOUR
Bloody Footprints
FIVE
The Birth of a Nation
SIX
The Last of the Mohicans and Andrew Jackson’s White Republic
SEVEN
Sea to Shining Sea
EIGHT
“Indian Country”
NINE
US Triumphalism and Peacetime Colonialism
TEN
Ghost Dance Prophecy: A Nation Is Coming
ELEVEN
The Doctrine of Discovery
CONCLUSION
The Future of the United States
Acknowledgments
Suggested Reading
More Suggested Readings
Notes
Works Cited
Index
About the Author