tBlood 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.
Blood and Land : The Story of Native North America - J.C.H. King
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