Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee Summary

The book “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” written by Dee Brown was based on a timeline of events which all began the year of 1492 when the Europeans started settling in America. All events which are based upon battles and treaties between the Native American tribes and the white settlers to find independence for their own ways of living. “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,” told the stories of individual tribes who struggled fighting for peace for their people, ensured safety, and kept promises. The book uncovers the battles, liquidation and lost lives of both Americans and Native American tribes.
From the perspective of Native Americans, the word of European settlement began as many came across sea for gold, expansion of religion, and profit …show more content…
As the United States continued to expand and develop the Native Americans were given limited options to choose to ensure their safety; live the ways of Americans or move to a reservation. Those who refused the given options were killed.
A book such as “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,” has a purpose to shed light on some of the darkest events in American history. Brown explains how the miscommunication and treacherous acts gradually forced the removal of all Native American tribes from their culture, lifestyle, and homes. He also reflected the tragedies of untold stories about Native American Tribes. Native Americans faced the hardships they did, due to being subject to a mistrust relationship with settlers and the government. The government proposed treaties of peace which the Black Kettle, chief of the Cheyenne,agreed to be confined on reservations for the safety of his tribe. They were to be supplied with food and other supplies in consideration of lost hunting grounds. The treaties were broken as the reserved land for Indians were bombarded with surprise attacks by