Native American Legal Activism in the Early Republic
This episode will be published on April 7, 2025.
In this episode of Historians & Their Histories, Prof. James Hill makes the case for Native American agency and resiliency in an age of colonialist expansion. Whereas nineteenth century New Englanders propagated the idea that Native peoples simply disappeared from the region, Prof. Hill's research points to ways that tribes such as the Mashpee Wampanoag used legal means to push back against attempts to erase them from both society and regional history.
Prof. Hill is also the recipient of an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship from the MHS.
To learn more about MHS fellowships and how to apply, please visit this page.
Episode Special Guest:
James Hill is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh. His first book, "Creek Internationalism in an Age of Revolution, 1763-1818,” was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2022 and his current project explores Native societies that contended with trusteeships and guardianships during the Early Republic.
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