Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown Published by Holt, Rinehart & Winston (1970) Hardcover
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee; an Indian History of the American West
Dee Brown's eloquent, fully documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. Using council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions, Brown allows the great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell us in their own words of the battles, massacres, and broken treaties that finally left them demoralized and defeated. A unique and disturbing narrative told with force and clarity, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee changed forever our vision of how the West was really won. Chapters include:"Their manners are decorous and praiseworthy" --Long walk of the Navahos -Little Crow's war --War comes to the Cheyennes --Powder River invasion -Red Cloud's war --"The only good Indian is a dead Indian" -- Rise and fall of Donehogawa --Cochise and the Apache guerrillas --Ordeal of Captain Jack --War to save the buffalo --War for the Black Hills --Flight of the Nez PercÃ©s Cheyenne exodus --Standing Bear becomes a person --"The Utes must go!" --Last of the Apache chiefs --Dance of the ghosts -- Wounded knee.Their manners are decorous and praiseworthy" --Long walk of the Navahos --Little Crow's war --War comes to the Cheyennes --Powder River invasion -- Red Cloud's war --"The only good Indian is a dead Indian" -- Rise and fall of Donehogawa --Cochise and the Apache guerrillas -

Country	USA
Author	Dee Brown
Binding	Hardcover
Edition	3rd
Feature	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee; an Indian History of the American West
Label	Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Manufacturer	Holt, Rinehart & Winston
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	497
PublicationDate	1971
Publisher	Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Studio	Holt, Rinehart & Winston
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown Published by Holt, Rinehart & Winston (1970) Hardcover

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