Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and the Indian Voice in Native Studies
In the following essay, Donald L. Fixico places Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee within the context of related works of its time, stressing its importance as the first work to humanize Native Americans for the general public.
In 1971 Dee Brown wrote Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee—a book that stunned America, persuading a generation to listen to the voice of Native Americans. Society learned about the Indian as a victim in...
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