Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown

3 reviews

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

This is not an easy book to read. It is also not as 'own voice' as I wanted it to be, instead it feels like what high school history classes covering this time period should have included. I found the sections of other American history distracted me and did not help me keep track of what was happening. 
Indigenous people went through so much trauma and suffering during this time, one could rightly argue that many descendants are still facing a measure of suffering. This does not sugarcoat or attempt humor any of the situations. Some quotes have a grim gallows humor quality to them however. This is not something one reads to feel good. This is something that should be read and taught frequently, because no one should allow this sort of thing to happen again or continue happening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Slavery, Classism, Rape, Deportation, Animal death, Colonisation, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Gore, Confinement, Sexual violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Death, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Addiction, War, Police brutality, Grief, and Alcohol

katharina90's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I can see why this is a modern classic. 

It's a fairly detailed account of select atrocities committed by settlers and the colonial government against various Indigenous nations in the mid to late 1800s as the "US" expanded westward.

Some of the language hasn't aged well (to be expected) and the writing style isn't particularly engaging but the content was compelling enough to keep me reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Gun violence, Violence, Death, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Racial slurs, Confinement, Rape, and Child death

shieldbearer's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

This is a necessary read, especially if you're a US citizen

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, Confinement, Racial slurs, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, and Trafficking

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Pregnancy