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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

Dee Brown

Start date: November 1, 2017

Finish date: November 30, 2017

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown

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Sep 11, 2009 Gaijinmama rated it it was amazing

Shelves: nonfiction, history, native-american

This book is devastating, relentless, and depressing. It should be required reading for all U.S. citizens. High school history classes really should teach kids just exactly how our country expanded west. As an American of European descent, I am thoroughly disgusted. Invasion and destroying other people's cultures is bad enough, but we did even worse than take the Indians' land and systematically destroy so many of their cultures. Read on.
And yes, it is"cultures", plural. Most white people never ...more

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Nov 16, 2017 Candace rated it really liked it · review of another edition

What stood out for me in this book? First, so many promises made. So many promises broken. The hunger of white settlers and greedy men interested in the Indians' lands, and later, their reservation lands. It saddens the heart to read all that was done, the lies spoken, and the killing committed to obtain these lands.

Second,the destruction of the buffalo. Their carcases left to rot on the open plains angers the soul at the waste. All committed to (1) furnish the commercial markets and (2) destro ...more

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Aug 02, 2021 Rose rated it it was amazing

Shelves: needs-review

Putting a placeholder review for this in light of recent events, but this is an essential read. While I read it years ago, I want to give room to do it justice with a full discussion.

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Aug 23, 2016 Kris rated it it was amazing

Shelves: five-star-books, owned-books

This should be required reading in American history classes. Emotional, frustrating, overwhelming, depressing, and so, so important. A difficult read, but one of the most enlightening, perspective-shifting books of my life.

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