Ned Blackhawk

Ned Blackhawk
Born1971 (age 52–53)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationNon-fiction writer
AwardsNational Book Award for Nonfiction (2023)
Academic background
Alma materMcGill University
University of Washington
Academic work
DisciplineAmerican Indian studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Yale University

Ned Blackhawk (b. ca. 1971) is an enrolled member of the Te-Moak tribe of the Western Shoshone and a historian currently on the faculty of Yale University.[1] In 2007 he received the Frederick Jackson Turner Award for his first major book, Violence Over the Land: Indians and Empire in the Early American West (2006) which also received the Robert M. Utley Prize in 2007.[2][3]

Life

Blackhawk is of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada, but grew up as an "urban Indian" in Detroit, Michigan.[4] He attended the University of Detroit Jesuit High School, graduating in 1989, and then McGill University, graduating in 1992. He earned his Ph.D. in history in 1999 from the University of Washington.[3]

He first taught American Indian Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison[5] where he was on the faculty from 1999 to 2009.[3]

In the fall of 2009, Blackhawk joined the faculty of Yale University, where he is affiliated with the History and American Studies departments. He is one of three Yale professors who are American Indian.[4] The other Yale professors are Hi'ilei Hobart and Tarren Andrews. Blackhawk is also affiliated with the Yale Group for the Study of Native America.

Blackhawk served till 2011 on the Managing Board of the American Quarterly, the journal of the American Studies Association.[6] In 2012 Blackhawk joined the Advisory Board of the International Museum for Family History.

Blackhawk's 2023 book The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History, which depicts the history of Native Americans in the United States from European colonization to the present day, was well received and was awarded the 2023 National Book Award for Nonfiction.[7][8]

Ned is married to NYU professor of law, Maggie Blackhawk.[9]

Awards

Works

  • The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History (The Henry Roe Cloud Series on American Indians and Modernity). Turtle Island: Yale University Press. 2023. ISBN 9780300244052.
  • Violence Over the Land: Indians and Empire in the Early American West. Harvard University Press. 2008 [2006]. ISBN 978-0-674-02720-6.
  • The Shoshone. Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn. 2000. ISBN 0-8172-5468-4.- for young adults
  • Violence Over the Land: Colonial Encounters in the American Great Basin, University of Washington, 1999

References

  1. ^ Internet Public Library
  2. ^ a b "Robert M. Utley Award". The Western History Association. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Ned Blackhawk". Yale University Department of History. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Membis, Liane (September 23, 2009). "Number of American Indian profs doubles — from one to two". Yale Daily News.
  5. ^ "Ned Blackhawk", Faculty, University of Wisconsin-Wisconsin[dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Ned Blackhawk". American Quarterly. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011.
  7. ^ "The Rediscovery of America". Yale University Press.
  8. ^ "The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History". National Book Foundation.
  9. ^ Prevost, Lisa (2023-11-16). "Ned Blackhawk's 'Rediscovery of America' wins National Book Award". YaleNews. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  10. ^ "Ned Blackhawk's 'The Rediscovery of America' is among books honored by the Lukas prize project". AP News. March 19, 2024. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  11. ^ St. Martin, Emily (November 15, 2023). "Justin Torres, Ned Blackhawk win National Book Awards as war, politics grab spotlight". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  12. ^ "Ned Blackhawk: Resident Scholar Lamon Fellowship"