Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Alexander Brown (1991, Paperback, Reprint)

After viewing the HBO movie of the same name I decided to go to the source and read the heartbreaking tale of the American Indians. Although the HBO film was well made with fine performances, it would be in your best interest to read the original story. The history of our country is filled with highs and lows, our treatment of these once proud Indians is definately one of the lowest. It is with my highest hopes that future generations will read this book and LEARN FROM IT! For to forget it would doom us to repeat it.

i bought this book because i needed it for my native american studies class. Not only did it come quickly, it was in great shape and has been interesting reading.

The main reason that I decided to buy this book is because after reading the book "Lies My Teacher Told Me", I wondered if there were anything written from a native american point of view. This was one of a few that showed up. I am only about a third of a way through it but, it is apparent that the natives got a raw deal. It takes a little bit to get use to with all of the people and tribes that it covers in a short amount of time but, it is apparent that it is a must to get the "big picture" view from their point of view. I wish that there were a little more reference to other sources because one of the bad things about native american history is that some of the stories were sensationalized to make for good reading so, in some cases, it is hard to know what is real and what is fiction. For the most part, the facts seem to bee solid and there are references to prove that the research was put in to make this a solid "must read" for anyone that wants a good look at early American history from a view other that the fiction that is taught in our school systems these days.

I find this book very interesting because unlike a lot of other books I have read about this period in history, this tells the history from the viewpoint of the American Indian as well as others. It tells of their terrible hardships and of how hard a lot of them tried for peace with the white man but were betrayed over and over again.

A very well researched book that I would recommend to anyone interested in the history of the American west!