In this journey of discovery, Candace Savage uncovers the memories buried in the land around East End, Saskatchewan, beginning with its treasure house of fossils and the dinosaur bones now housed at the T. Rex Discovery Centre. More disturbingly, she gradually unearths the "deep human narrative," a horrifying but little-known story of displacement, suffering, and the eventual decimation of the indigenous population. When Savage and her partner buy a house in East End on a whim, she has no idea what she is in for. At first she enjoys exploring the area around their new home, including the Wild West setting of Cody, Wyoming; the back roads of the Cypress Hills; the dinosaur skeletons at the discovery centre; the fossils to be found in the dust-dry hills. She also revels in her encounters with the wild inhabitants of this mysterious land--three wolves in a ditch at night, their green eyes glinting in the dark; a coyote howling; a cougar casually loping by. But as Savage explores further, she uncovers a darker reality--the little-known history of the Native people who were displaced from their homes, forced onto reserves, and deliberately starved by the Canadian government--and finds that she must reassess the story she grew up with as the daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter of sodbusters on the prairie. Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and imbued with Savage's passion for this place, A Geography of Bloodoffers both a shocking new version of western history and an unforgettable portrait of the windswept, shining country of Cypress Hills, a holy place that helps us remember.