Bibliograph

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee, an Indian history of the American West, Dee Brown ; with a foreword by Hampton Sides

Type

Label

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee, an Indian history of the American West, Dee Brown ; with a foreword by Hampton Sides

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 531-534) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

310398428

Responsibility statement

Dee Brown ; with a foreword by Hampton Sides

Sub title

an Indian history of the American West

Summary

Brown's meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. This edition includes illustrations, essays, and excerpts from firsthand accounts and memoirs, that add depth and reflection to this momentous work

Table Of Contents

"Their manners are decorous and praiseworthy" -- The long walk of the Navahos -- Little Crow's war -- War comes to the Cheyennes -- Powder River invasion -- Red Cloud's war -- "The only good Indian is a dead Indian" -- The rise and fall of Donehogawa -- Cochise and the Apache guerrillas -- The ordeal of Captain Jack -- The war to save the buffalo -- The war for the Black Hills -- The flight of the Nez Percés -- Cheyenne exodus -- Standing Bear becomes a person -- "The Utes must go!" -- The last of the Apache chiefs -- Dance of the ghosts -- Wounded Knee

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