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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown
5.0
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BOOK REVIEW
[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee] A historical account of the systematic destruction of American Indian tribes from the 1400s into the 1900s.
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WHAT I LIKED
Each chapter focuses on a few years and begins with a list of events from around the world. It helped me correctly position the events of each chapter within greater historical context. In my head, I wrongfully relegated the destruction of American Indian tribes to the early 1800s. The destruction continues far after. American Indians still weren’t included as people during the civil rights movement over 100 years later!
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Brown’s work balances historical documents, speeches, and statistics to keep the narrative moving forward. I liked his specific division between the escapades of individuals tribes before later relating the timing of each narrative. I made it easier for me to follow American military leaders throughout their interactions with indians. Some military leaders obstinately opposed the American Indians all through their leadership. Others began with hate, but ended with understanding.
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The American’s hypocrisy infuriates me. So many American Indians were forced off their farming village, compelled to follow buffalo herds for survival, and then the Americans tell them to settle down with farms like white men. American Indians taught white men to plant corm in the first place!
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I reached the back cover in utter shock.
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WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE
Where did the women and children end up? Brown quickly mentions generalities such as slavery, surrender, but rarely explains where they physically landed. I suppose this may be information difficult to track down. I enjoyed the stories of The-One-Who-Speaks-Once and the Battle Where Girl Saves Her Brother.
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (by Dee Brown) ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️5/5
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BOOK REVIEW
[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee] A historical account of the systematic destruction of American Indian tribes from the 1400s into the 1900s.
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WHAT I LIKED
Each chapter focuses on a few years and begins with a list of events from around the world. It helped me correctly position the events of each chapter within greater historical context. In my head, I wrongfully relegated the destruction of American Indian tribes to the early 1800s. The destruction continues far after. American Indians still weren’t included as people during the civil rights movement over 100 years later!
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Brown’s work balances historical documents, speeches, and statistics to keep the narrative moving forward. I liked his specific division between the escapades of individuals tribes before later relating the timing of each narrative. I made it easier for me to follow American military leaders throughout their interactions with indians. Some military leaders obstinately opposed the American Indians all through their leadership. Others began with hate, but ended with understanding.
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The American’s hypocrisy infuriates me. So many American Indians were forced off their farming village, compelled to follow buffalo herds for survival, and then the Americans tell them to settle down with farms like white men. American Indians taught white men to plant corm in the first place!
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I reached the back cover in utter shock.
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WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE
Where did the women and children end up? Brown quickly mentions generalities such as slavery, surrender, but rarely explains where they physically landed. I suppose this may be information difficult to track down. I enjoyed the stories of The-One-Who-Speaks-Once and the Battle Where Girl Saves Her Brother.
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (by Dee Brown) ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️5/5
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