Blood and land - J.C.H. King

Blood and Land is a dazzling, panoramic account of the history
and achievements of Native North Americans, and why they matter today.
It is about why no understanding of the wider world is possible without
comprehending the original inhabitants of the United States and Canada:
Native Americans, First Nations and Arctic peoples.

This highly
personal book, based on years of travel and first-hand research in North
America, introduces a deeply complex story, of myriad identities and
determined ethnicities - from the desert Southwest to the high Arctic,
from first contact between Europeans and Native Americans to the
challenges of Native leadership today. Instead of writing a
chronological history, King confronts the reader with the paradoxes,
diversity and successes of Native North Americans. Their astonishing
ingenuity and supple intelligence enabled, after centuries of suffering
both violence and dispossession, a striking level of recovery, optimism
and autonomy in the twenty-first century.

Beautifully illustrated and filled with arresting and surprising stories, Blood and Land looks well beyond the 'feathers-and-failure' narratives beloved by historians to show us Native North America as it was and is.