Description
'A history of resilience ... sweeping comprehensive ... it's a story that has been waiting to be told' Guardian 'An account sorely needed ... a kaleidoscopic view of Native American history refreshing and rollicking and not unlike its fractured reality' Standpoint 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.
Features
ISBN:
9780141976303
Author:
J. C. H. King
Publisher:
PENGUINRANDOMHOUSESTRUIK