Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee Summary

In the book, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, author Dee Brown argues that the Native American’s historical injustices and oppressions should be remembered in the attempt to prevent similar events from happening in the future. He supports his argument through the voices of different tribes and army men as he describes battles, broken treaties and massacres. In this way he illustrates how the racism against Indians in many people, including army officials, causes great tension throughout many conflicts. Brown demonstrates this attitude while he argues that soldiers ignored the Indians desire for peace. Through countless events he argues, that because of the white man’s hunger for land, the Indians were tricked and forced, one tribe after another, onto …show more content…
While I found it helpful to be able to have a visual representation of the person, instead of just a description of them, I was not as intriguing as it could have been. Had he added an influential quote with their picture I believe I would be more impressed by their character.
Notably, Dee Brown supports his main thesis and his supporting arguments with a ton of evidence. Being a debater, I understand the need for factual evidence from reliable sources and Brown provided a large bibliography that states every source he quoted. Some of his sources include congressional documents, federal reports from the commissioner of Indian affairs, as well as quotes from other authors and the testaments of many Native Americans.
Equally important, the organization of chapters was perfectly done. Brown organized the chapters in a chronological order and at the beginning of each chapter he placed a couple quotes from important figures that related to the events of the chapter. I really appreciated these quotes because they gave me a heartfelt insight into the struggling conflicts that these men witnessed and lived