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We’ve been at this a little while.
Students of book history know that the 1st Indigenous history written by a Native person was authored by David Cusick (Tuscarora) in 1828.
Johnson, quoted below, wrote later in that century.
I’m proud to be part of this intellectual lineage.
Students of book history know that the 1st Indigenous history written by a Native person was authored by David Cusick (Tuscarora) in 1828.
Johnson, quoted below, wrote later in that century.
I’m proud to be part of this intellectual lineage.
Cusick’ s work can be found here: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience/24/
Johnson’s work is here: https://archive.org/details/legendstradition00johnrich/page/n4/mode/2up
For an extended discussion of early publishing in Indian Country, see Philip Round’s work: https://uncpress.org/book/9780807871201/removable-type/
In 2018 Amherst College hosted a summer session for Rare Book School focuses on “A History of Native American Books & Indigenous Sovereignty.” Those interested can learn more here: https://rarebookschool.org/courses/history/h150/
Daniel Radus has written about the publishing history of Cusick’s 1828 “Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations...” https://read.dukeupress.edu/american-literature/article-abstract/86/2/217/4996/Printing-Native-History-in-David-Cusick-s-Sketches
That’s all for now, though I may build on this thread as more inspiration strikes.
