Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

An Indian History of the American West

By: Dee Brown

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's summary

Dee Brown's eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the 19th century uses council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions. Brown allows great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell us in their own words of the battles, massacres, and broken treaties that finally left them demoralized and defeated. A unique and disturbing narrative told with force and clarity, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee changed forever our vision of how the West was really won - and lost.

©1970 Dee Brown; Preface 2000 by Dee Brown (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Original, remarkable, and finally heartbreaking....Impossible to put down." ( New York Times)
"Shattering, appalling, compelling....One wonders...who indeed were the savages." ( Washington Post)

A tale of unending robbery

This a tale of an unending robbery on which the USA was built upon. When you hear the US Anthem end with the words "Home of the free,.. land of the brave", think White freedom & Brave Indians. Such a sad pitifully story of the American Indian.

This book was worth the time to read/listen to.

Grover Gardner did a fantastic job narrating this book. What a sad telling of the history of the American Indian, true natives, of this land I call home. One’s eyes are opened even wider after learning more about the history of the United States. This book is a must read or listen to. I will recommend it to others and retell much I’ve learned here in these pages.

Adult children

Thanks to the writings from the 1970s, had these stories been written today there would be many more sugarcoating. The US government made more than was needed attempts to help these wandering people.

Entertaining and educational

This story was incredible. It goes to show that we really should open up the education system to show history for what it really was and continues to be. Outstanding performance.

Remember the Orignal Anericans

Maybe this book should be included in Black Studies curricula! Why? So that vertain people will SEE they aren’t the worst treated people on earth.

Tears Falling

Although I have read and studied Native American history and the atrocities of power and privilege perpetrated against them, this first person retelling struck me to the core. Listen, learn, and cry with them!

My Heart is Your Heart

Never have I been so moved by learning the truth of my people and their misery with the White man.

My God

I've wanted to read this book for years but it was so emotionally jarring that I hadn't finished. It was a struggle to conclude via Audible as well but the history is so important. I appreciate Dee Brown for gathering this information together and presenting it because the United States of America's government would never present this part of its history to the children the claim to prepare for the world. It's amazing how much time has passed but politics remain the same. I wish the history was different but truth is truth and it will be uncovered at some point.

Heart-wrenching

A must read to learn about the great societies of native people who were systematically lied to, cheated, and slaughtered by white men. No amount of book banning to spare the delicate feelings of fragile people on the radical right can cover up the evil injustices committed against Native Americans. We just learn from this terrible story and act to bring justice to them somehow.

Unbelievable

Being of Native American descent I found the book well written but what a horrible time in our history,so sad.