Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Dee Brown's "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" offers a fully documented account of the systematic destruction of American Indian tribes in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Drawing from council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions, Brown allows the great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, and Cheyenne to recount the battles, massacres, and broken treaties in their own words. This powerful and disturbing narrative reshapes our understanding of the American West.