MONTREAL 鈥� A U.S. historian's book on North America's Indigenous history, 鈥淣ative Nations: A Millennium in North America,鈥� has won the Cundill History Prize.
The honour comes with US$75,000 for author Kathleen DuVal, a history professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Random House release was praised for the way it reframes 1,000 years of North America鈥檚 history in putting 鈥淚ndigenous power and sovereignty at its centre.鈥�
Fellow finalists Gary J. Bass for 鈥淛udgement at Tokyo鈥� and Dylan C. Penningroth for 鈥淏efore the Movement,鈥� were each awarded US$10,000.
The Cundill History Prize celebrates a book of non-fiction written in or translated into English.
It is open to writers of any nationality, for books from anywhere in the world.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 30, 2024.
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