Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

by Frederic P. Miller (Editor), Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by American writer Dee Brown is a history of Native Americans in the American West in the late nineteenth century, and their displacement and slaughter by the United States federal government. It was first published in 1970 to generally strong reviews, although scholars criticized it on several grounds. Published at a time of increasing American Indian activism, the book was on the bestseller list for more than a year. Translated into 17 languages, it has never gone out of print. The title is taken from the final phrase of a 20th-century poem titled "American Names" by Stephen Vincent Benet. The poem is not about the Indian Wars. The full quotation, "I shall not be here/I shall rise and pass/Bury my heart at Wounded Knee," appears at the beginning of Brown's book.

Genres: History, Classics, Nonfiction

204 pages, Paperback

First published September 28, 2010

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Reviews

[Debbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bury my Heart broke my heart and made me realize I am living on land stolen from the original owners. I could write tomes on this. Am learning more and giving more to the cause of restoring dignity to the First Peoples of this continent.

[James Hill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very resourceful and enlightening read on the Indian Wars. From the Native American perspective. Should be required reading by all Americans. But as you read you must consider these were wars fought for conquest and land. Two differing philosophies on who owns the land. The Native Americans were doomed from the start.

[Marieanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn't get to finish this book even though I had renewed it from the library. I would like to return back to it in the near future. It was not a good choice to read in the winter when I get somewhat depressed anyway.