Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Dr. Kathleen DuVal to discuss the history of Native Americans over a millennium. Dr. DuVal reveals history from natives’ perspectives, turning the well-known eurocentric view of world history on its head.

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OUTLINE:

0:00 - Introductions

1:25 - What Made You Decide to Take On Such a Large Timeline?

4:14 - Where Do You Start?

8:46 - Navigating The Correct Terminology

11:56 - What Was America Like in 1006?

15:03 - Major Differences? Animal husbandry? 

16:18 - The Fallacy of European Advancement

18:01 - How Much Of This Work Overlapped with Archeology?

22:12 - Did Anything from the Pre-contact Period Change Your Perception of the Time?

25:21 - Anything From The Recent Centuries that Surprised You?

29:06 - How Did This Penetrate West Into The Continent

32:44 - The Historiography of Native History 

35:55 - The Native Perspective On Their History

38:11 - The Importance of Telling These Stories

39:17 - Who Belongs: Race vs Citizenship

41:38 - Lynn’s Favorite Quote From the Book

44:45 - How Do You Deal With History That Isn’t What You Wished It to Be?

49:35 - Was Your Goal to Get People to Empathize?

53:39 - Historical (Web)Sites You Should Visit

56:07 - TV Shows & Films That Are Good Representations

57:23 - Where You Can Find Kathleen DuVal

EPISODE LINKS:

Kathleen DuVal – https://history.unc.edu/faculty-members/kathleen-duval/; https://kathleenduval.web.unc.edu

Native Nations: A Millennium in North America - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/575441/native-nations-by-kathleen-duval/#

1006 Supernova - https://www.nasa.gov/universe/supernova-remnant-sn-1006/

Medieval Warm Period - https://www.britannica.com/science/medieval-warm-period

Moundville Archeology – https://moundville.museums.ua.edu

Cherokee History – https://www.cherokee.org

Mohawk History – https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mohawk

Colonialism – https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/colonialism/

Blood Quantum - https://nativegov.org/resources/blood-quantum-and-sovereignty-a-guide/

Settler Colonialism – https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/settler_colonialism#:~:text=The%20concept%20of%20settler%20colonialism,with%20a%20new%20settler%20population.

Ruth Muskrat - https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/articles/read-a-speech-by-a-native-american-activist-from-the-early-1920s/

Jenny Tone-Pah-Hote – https://uncpress.org/book/9781469643663/crafting-an-indigenous-nation/

Reservation Dogs - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13623580/

Rutherford Falls - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11058054/

Resident Alien - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8690918/

Kathleen DuVal on X (formerly Twitter) - @KathleenADuVal

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