Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

"Native Nations" dispels misconceptions many non-Native American people have learned over the years, whether in school or while looking at museum displays. It is true that we have come a long way with updating curriculum to be more accurate and museum settings not including Indigenous peoples with the Neanderthal exhibits.

Textbooks went from teaching about ruthless savages to more accurate depictions. Depending on a person's age and location, schooling and historical accounts may have differed greatly. Rarely did we learn the history of Indigenous cultures before colonization. Author and hist...