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A review by katharina90
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Gun violence, Violence, Death, Murder, and Colonisation
Moderate: Racial slurs, Confinement, Rape, and Child death