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Ned Blackhawk

ネッド・ブラックホーク

Neddo Burakkuhōku

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Detroit (grew up) → Madison, Wisconsin → New Haven, Connecticut

Career

Occupations
Historian, Non-fiction writer, Professor
Active Years
1999-
Affiliations
University of Wisconsin–Madison (former faculty), Yale University, Yale Group for the Study of Native America, American Quarterly (former Managing Board member), International Museum for Family History (Advisory Board)
Memberships
American Antiquarian Society (member), American Studies Association

Education

University of Detroit Jesuit High School
Degree: High School Diploma
Period: 〜1989
Year of Graduation: 1989
Country: United States
High school graduate
McGill University
Unknown (undergraduate)
Period: 〜1992
Year of Graduation: 1992
Country: Canada
Completed undergraduate studies in 1992
University of Washington
History
Degree: Ph.D.
Period: 1999（博士取得）
Year of Graduation: 1999
Country: United States
Ph.D. in History (1999)

Awards

Mark Lynton History Prize
2024
Work: The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
Result: Winner
National Book Award for Nonfiction
2023
Work: The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
Category: Nonfiction
Organization: National Book Foundation
Result: Winner
Frederick Jackson Turner Award
2007
Work: Violence Over the Land: Indians and Empire in the Early American West
Result: Winner
Robert M. Utley Prize
2007
Work: Violence Over the Land: Indians and Empire in the Early American West
Organization: Western History Association
Result: Winner
Katrin H. Lamon Resident Scholar
1996
Result: Fellow

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

2023 History / Nonfiction

A comprehensive history that traces Native peoples from European colonization to the present, challenging conventional U.S. histories by recentring Native peoples and their agency, and prompting a rethinking of American historiography.

Native peoples' historyColonizationHistoriographical revisionAgency

Violence Over the Land: Indians and Empire in the Early American West

2006 History / Academic

An academic study analyzing relations between Indians and imperial powers in the early American West through the lens of violence and territorial control, detailing Native resistance and negotiation and elucidating imperial dynamics.

ViolenceImperialismResistanceLand

The Shoshone

2000 Young adult nonfiction

An introductory book for young readers presenting the history and culture of the Shoshone people, explaining traditions, life, and historical experiences in accessible language.

Indigenous cultureEducationIdentity

Bibliography

  • The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
  • Violence Over the Land: Indians and Empire in the Early American West
  • The Shoshone
  • Violence Over the Land: Colonial Encounters in the American Great Basin (Ph.D. dissertation)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Scholarly and analytical proseRigorous use of primary sourcesPersuasive narrative mindful of public history
Recurring Motifs
Colonization and resistanceLand and possessionReassertion of Native agencyHistoriographical rethinking

Legacy

As a Yale historian, he has advanced the re-centering of Native history within U.S. historiography. His award-winning scholarship and public-facing work have influenced both academia and general readers.

Academic Societies

  • American Antiquarian Society

Archives

  • Yale University Manuscripts and Archives (possible related holdings)

Trivia

  • Enrolled member of the Te-Moak Tribe (Western Shoshone).
  • Grew up as an 'urban Indian' in Detroit.
  • Married to NYU law professor Maggie Blackhawk.
  • Won the 2023 National Book Award for Nonfiction for The Rediscovery of America and the 2024 Mark Lynton History Prize.