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Gregory D. Smithers

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The Promise and Perils of Synthetic Native History

Over the past year, two prominent historians have invited readers to rethink the master narrative of US history.

by Gregory D. Smithers via H-Net on January 11, 2024
The Remapping of America—From an Indigenous Point of View

New maps can revive Cherokee place names in Southern Appalachia and restore crucial knowledge amid an environmental catastrophe.

by Gregory D. Smithers via The New Republic on January 17, 2022
The Power of Empty Pedestals

After Governor Northam announced its removal, two Richmond historians reflect on the legacy of the Lee Monument.

by Gregory D. Smithers, Michael Dickinson via The Bitter Southerner on June 23, 2020
Reversing a River: How Chicago Flushed its Human Waste Downstream

In 1906, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Chicago to move forward with a spectacularly disgusting feat of modern engineering.

by Gregory D. Smithers via We're History on February 18, 2020
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How the Kikotan Massacre Prepared the Ground for the Arrival of the First Africans in 1619

America was built by the labor of stolen African bodies, on stolen Native American lands.

by Gregory D. Smithers via HNN on September 15, 2019
Why Do So Many Americans Think They Have Cherokee Blood?

The history of a myth.

by Gregory D. Smithers via Slate on October 1, 2015

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