"The whites told only one side. Told it to please themselves.
Told much that is not true. Only his own best . deeds, only the
worst deeds of the Indians, has the white man told."

Yellow Wolf of the Nes Perces

Yellow Wolf was so right it hurts. And now that Dee Brown has
written Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee it hurts even
more because the saga is so complete in its grisliness, its
horrors of inhumanity, its sweeping injustice.

... read more: brown_bury_my_heart_at_wounded_knee (pdf, 66 KB)

Dee Brown has a truly amazing and captivating style - his story
of the obliteration of the Indian's identity, pride, and (almost)
its very existence in the late 19th centrury by the white
Americans has greatly captivated me. The pace and visual
beauty of Brown's book - originally published in 1970 - is
strikingly unique. I can highly recommend this book - give it a
try, you won't regret it!

reSist * bt


also, just released as movie, see here