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.
Johnson’s work is here: https://archive.org/details/legendstradition00johnrich/page/n4/mode/2up">https://archive.org/details/l...
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">https://read.dukeupress.edu/american-...
That’s all for now, though I may build on this thread as more inspiration strikes.
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