Why You Can't Teach United States History without American Indians is a 2015 book by Susan Sleeper-Smith, Juliana Barr, Jean M. O'Brien, Nancy Shoemaker, and Scott Manning Stevens.
The sixteen essays that makes up the first two parts show how central Native Americans where to the history of the United States.
"Reconceptualizing the Narrative", consisting of three essays, are about how readers can reinterpret settler colonialism, federalism, sovereignty, and globalism in the framework of Native American studies.
This volume will become increasingly relevant as more states take up the mandate of ensuring that high schools include coverage of American Indian history, tribal government, and culture.
"[3] Andrew Denson of the Journal of Southern History praised the book, but said that "the volume would benefit, however, from greater discussion of teaching methods, which only a few of the contributors address directly.