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WATCH: Nicole Eustace and Ned Blackhawk Live at CUNY Grad Center

On April 11, 2024, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author of Covered With Night: A Story of Murder and IndigenousJustice in Early America Nicole Eustace and National Book Award-winning historian and writer of The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History, Ned Blackhawk, joined Humanities New York in New York City to discuss their recent works, which throw into relief the role of Indigenous power players like the Iroquois Confederacy in the formation of the U.S. and their continuous influence on aspired-to models of governance, justice, and civility.

Watch the full conversation.

Iroquois Diplomacy and the Seeds for Justice Reform

“Indigenous histories invite new interpretations of American history,” Ned Blackhawk writes in The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History.

In advance of HNY’s spring event featuring Blackhawk and Nicole Eustace in conversation, we’re diving into the authors’ work. Read on for excerpts and analysis on Blackhawk’s National Book Award-winning The Rediscovery of America and Eustace’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Covered with Night.