His research into the fundamental history of Native Americans and the creation of the Port of Los Angeles in the 19th century won the Bancroft Award of the year, one of the most prominent honors of American history scholars.
Kathleen Duval's Native Nations: The Millennium of North America, described as a “seasonable panorama of one, 000 years of American history,” published by Random House, is based on both written records and native oral history to link the stories of the more than 500 indigenous peoples who currently reside in the United States. “By creating a historical narrative that introduces readers to a new national narrative,” the ju-degree wrote:
Duval, a professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is part of a new wave of Native America that challenges the idea that defeat for Indigenous peoples is inevitable and challenges the idea of ​​continuing their resilience and cultural vitality. Hamilton Kane reviewed the 752-page volume of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, calling it “intimate yet inclusive,” adding that “the extent of Indigenous culture cannot be adequately portrayed, but Duval is approaching.”
Second winner James Tejani's “Machines that Move the Sea and the Earth: Manufacturing the Ports of Los Angeles and America,” published by WW Norton, reconstructed the complex interactions of 19th-century engineers, merchants, military and native tribes, transforming what was transformed into the small San Pedro Estuary on the western coast of today's West Hemisfale.
“By bringing the historian's attention back to infrastructure, material objects and logistics,” wrote Bancroft ju-dean:
Tejani, an associate professor at California State University, grew up near San Pedro Bay and sometimes weaves personal observations into history. Julia Flynn Siler, who reviewed the book in the Wall Street Journal, described the story as being packed with “detailed and careful scholarships” that turn the story into a “lens for seeing American expansionism.”
The award, which awards each recipient $10,000, was created by the Council of Columbia University in 1948 and was bequeathed by historian Frederick Bancroft. According to the award announcement, the entry – 249 this year – is being evaluated for “scope, importance, depth of research, rich interpretation.”
