Bury My Heart at Wounded KneeAn eloquent, fully-documented account of the systematic destruction of American Indians during the second half of the 19th century. Using council records, autobiographies and other firsthand descriptions, Dee Brown allows the great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux and Cheyenne to tell us about the battles, massacres and broken treaties that finally left them demoralized and defeated. Sadly, this is how the west was really won. |
Contents
Their Manners Are Decorous | 1 |
The Long Walk of the Navahos | 15 |
Little Crows War | 37 |
Copyright | |
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West Dee Brown Limited preview - 2007 |
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West Dee Brown Limited preview - 2001 |
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