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

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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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katharina90's review against another edition

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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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jo_d's review

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dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely amazing book, wonderfully written and a much needed insight into the history of the atrocities done by the US government to the Indigenous communities across the country.

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