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Lukas book prize winners include two works on indigenous people in the US

On March 31, 2025, the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project, administered by the Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, awarded prizes to two books focusing on the history of Indigenous people in the U.S. In New York.
The J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project was established in 1998 and named for the late Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist.
Rebecca Nagle's "By the Fire We Carry: The Generations Long Fight for Justice on Native Land" won the Lukas Book Prize, and Kathleen DuVal's "Native Nations: A Millennium in North America" received the Mark Lynton History Prize.
The Lukas Book Prize, worth $10,000, is awarded for nonfiction works demonstrating literary grace, commitment to serious research, and original reporting, while the Mark Lynton History Prize recognizes books combining intellectual distinction with felicity of expression; previous winners include Robert Caro and Isabel Wilkerson.
Two work-in-progress awards of $25,000 each were also announced, going to Susie Cagle for "The End of the West" and Dan Xin Huang for "Rutter: The Story of an American Underclass.

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