Scan barcode
witchery's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
swaye's review against another edition
4.0
“I can still see the butchered women and children lying heaped and scattered all along the crooked gulch as plain as when I saw them with eyes still young. And I can see that something else died there in the bloody mud, and was buried in the blizzard. A people’s dream died there. It was a beautiful dream . . . the nation’s hoop is broken and scattered.”
- Black Elk
- Black Elk
louisayd's review against another edition
4.0
Throughout the book, I kept wondering why history refers to Native Americans by an English Americanized name rather than the name in their native tongue. This book was poignant and beautiful. Given that it is 30 years old it may also have been well ahead of its time in the treatment of the American Indian history. I would be interested to read the history from a Native American author as well.
linneak2002's review against another edition
3.0
I can't say I liked this book because of how painful it was to read, but I am glad that I read it. It tells an important part of American history, and I would encourage people to read it.... However, some parts are rather graphic, and I wouldn't suggest reading it all at once. I only read 1-2 chapters a week and that was manageable, but I doubt I would have gotten through it if I wasn't reading happier books along with it.
I give it 3 stars because, as it was a good book, it wasn't enjoyable to read.
I give it 3 stars because, as it was a good book, it wasn't enjoyable to read.
dikestrike's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Grief, Xenophobia, War, Slavery, Sexual violence, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Classism, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexual harassment, Murder, Misogyny, Gun violence, Gore, Gaslighting, Sexism, and Death