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A review by lizziaha
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown
3.75
Very informative, especially in terms of promises made and promises broken. Most of my knowledge going in to this book was about battles and massacres, which this book definitely covers, but I had no idea just how many times the government actively deceived every single tribe and lied about treaties and then couldn’t even uphold the treaties that they lied to create. I honestly don’t know how you could come away from this book feeling anything but all-consuming anger. My blood is boiling.
That being said, I feel like the way that Brown wrote about Native Americans felt othering at times, and even a bit gimmicky. I think it works against the thesis of the book.
(also–was not expecting the 3 nephites myth mention but it came in right at the end)
That being said, I feel like the way that Brown wrote about Native Americans felt othering at times, and even a bit gimmicky. I think it works against the thesis of the book.
(also–was not expecting the 3 nephites myth mention but it came in right at the end)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, and Colonisation
Moderate: Animal death, Rape, and War
Minor: Forced institutionalization