Blood of the Land: The Government and Corporate War Against First Nations

by Rex Weyler

Book by Weyler, Rex

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Politics, Indigenous, Indian Literature

352 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1982

Reviews

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent, and infuriating, first hand account of the persecution and oppression of Indigenous liberation movements across North America. While much of the first half of the book covers the American Indian Movement, Weyler covers an enormous amount of ground in just 325 pages. Summarizing five centuries of Indigenous resistance to settler colonial genocide, he makes a damning indictment of the lawless impunity with which white settlers forcibly stole and devastated the western hemisphere.

As with any first hand account, there's the occasional rough edge here and there, but this stands as a vital work documenting the continued and unbroken resistance by this land's rightful owners. Critical history for all those fighting for liberation in the US and Canada to understand and reckon with.