Chronicles the centuries of persecution faced by indigenous peoples of the United States at the hands of the American government through settler colonialism, genocidal programs, corrupt policy-making, and land seizure. Discusses how this persecution formed the national identity of the United States. Includes archival images, recommendations for further reading, original maps, and discussion topics.

Introduction : this land -- Follow the corn -- Culture of conquest -- Cult of the covenant -- Bloody footprints -- The birth of a nation -- Jefferson, Jackson, and the pursuit of indigenous homelands -- Sea to shining sea -- Indigenous lands become "Indian Country" -- The persistence of sovereignty -- Indigenous action, indigenous rights -- "Water is life" : indigenous resistance in the twenty-first century.