The list of Indian-American conflicts is also a list of treaties that Americans always violated to take advantage of the native people. Indian Reservations were established in areas so inhospitable and hard to cultivate that did not attract any interest from the colons or the gold miners. As we all know, the government of the United States forced the few surviving Native Americans into small reservations. Every single time, the political establishment and the military support the aggressions of the Indians and their killing or imprisonment. There are times when the pressure on the native Americans comes from miners, other times from farmers, or the builders of the railway. This book goes through a long list of conflicts between mostly peaceful Indian tribes and the expanding non-native American population. Dee Brown is (re)writing the history of those violent times from the native Americans perspective History is always written by the winnersĪ protagonist of the Battle of the Little Bighorn Thanks to this book, we have access to a different version of the American history. It’s the story of a war Indians didn’t initiate, they didn’t want, and that took the lives of the majority of them and left them without their ancestral land. This is the version coming from the native Americans perspective, from the people who lost the war, although the author is not a Native American. Thanks to this book, we have access to a different version of the North American continent history. We all know that history is usually told and shaped by the winners.

Dee Brown tells a piece of American history that has mostly been hidden to the average American or ignored. You can find a great summary on many other websites.įirst of all, this is a critical historical book. In this book review, I would state my impressions and thoughts without going over the content of the book. It’s an iconic and popular book, with thousands and thousands of online reviews, so it’s tough for me to add anything new to the conversation.

After a few years sitting on my shelves, in the last couple of weeks, I started and quickly finished the book Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown.

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