Title: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Author: Dee Brown
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, New York, New York 1970.
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Characters: Barboncito, Charlie Bent, George Bent, Robert Bent, William
Bent, Big Eagle, Big Snake, Big Tree, Black Bear, Black Elk, Black
Kettle, Boston Charley, Bull Bear, Edward R. S. Canby, James Carleton,
John M. Chivington, John Clum, Cochise, William F. Cody, Colorow,
Patrick E. Connor, Crazy Horse, George Crook, George Armstrong Custer,
Dull Knife, Eskiminzin, John Evans, George A. Forsyth, Gall, Geronimo,
Ulysses S. Grant, Edmond Guerrier, Winfield Scott Hancock, Oliver Otis
Howard, Tom Jeffords, Joseph, Kicking Bear, Kicking Bird, Kintpuash,
Abraham Lincoln, Little Crow, Little Raven, Little Wolf, Lone Wolf,
James McLaughlin, Manuelito, Nelson Miles, Naiche,
Old-Man-Afraid-of-His-Horses, Ely S. Parker, Frederick W. Pitkin, Red
Cloud, Roman Nose, John B. Sanborn, Carl Schurz, Philip Sheridan,
William T. Sherman, Sitting Bull, Spotted Tail, Standing Bear, Tall
Bull, Ten Bears, Alfred Terry, Victorio.
Abstract: Dee Brown’s
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a history of the mistreatment of the
American Indian in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The point
of view is from a Native American, so any bias of Manifest Destiny is
left out. The focus is on the plight of Native Americans west of the
Mississippi River.
Firsthand accounts retell the injustices
brought upon the Native Americans. These include unprovoked massacres
and broken promises that take away all of their land. Through this
book, one is able to empathize with today’s Native American.
The
events culminate in the atrocities at Wounded Knee, which was the final
spirit-breaker of the Native Americans. After battling for what was
rightfully theirs, the Native Americans finally conceded their land, a
concept foreign to them until the arrival of the Europeans. The
contents of this book shame the reader into facing history and
accepting the unforgivable wrongs of his people.
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