The symposium brings together experts from a range of academic disciplines, including Indigenous studies, anthropology and history, to examine little-known stories of coerced labor and peonage and the long-term impact of Indian slavery. He estimates that 2.5 million to 5 million Native people were enslaved during the four centuries between the arrival of Columbus and the beginning of the 20th century. It was a finalist for a 2016 National Book Award, and won a 2017 California Book Award and a 2017 Bancroft Prize. Reséndez’s 2016 history The Other Slavery is the first comprehensive treatment of Native American enslavement from the time of Columbus to 1900. PDT on the National Museum of the American Indian’s website. All sessions and performances will be available on demand beginning Sept. The symposium, The Other Slavery: Histories of Indian Bondage from New Spain to the Southwestern United States, features a talk and an eight-page background paper by Reséndez, author of the award-winning history The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America. The Smithsonian Institution will center a virtual symposium this month around groundbreaking research by UC Davis history professor Andrés Reséndez on the enslavement of Native Americans.
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