Indigenous America 250 is a community-engaged, community-driven scholarly research project led by Indigenous scholars that is reexamining the Revolutionary War period and its aftermath from the perspectives of Indigenous communities and tribal nations. The resulting study, produced for the National Park Service, Interior Region 1, will be a series of case studies that provide clearer understandings of tribal nations on their own terms and also develop new understandings about the significance of the Revolutionary War.

Indigenous America 250 is creating space for Indigenous histories within national conversations about the Revolutionary War. We are employing best practices from Native American and Indigenous Studies to tell stories about significant and consequential historical events, and to illuminate connections between past experiences and present-day realities of Indigenous peoples.

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Dr. Alyssa Mt. Pleasant
Lead Scholar