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Department of History

Columbian College of Arts & Sciences

The Chosen and The Damned

Native Americans and the Making of Race in the United States
February 10, 2026
Award-winning author and historian David Silverman examines the emergence of a racial identity among Euro-Americans and their determination to reign dominance and superiority over others– like Native Americans. And the subsequent resistance to a generalization of Native American identity.

Award-winning author and historian David Silverman examines the emergence of a racial identity among Euro-Americans and their determination to reign dominance and superiority over others– like Native Americans. And the subsequent resistance to a generalization of Native American identity.

Read more at: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/chosen-and-the-damned-9781635578393/?__cf_chl_f_tk=KfgVAx7mHynrohGxeBCu8ac3cruWSROIlYo7dhcYJnc-1782852839-1.0.1.1-KcF9VcORc0wRaMZ0eLPEWaFxuRWYh3RnNNB5c2vRUXU