![]() ![]() ![]() It tells the story from the perspective of the Native American nations, thus breaking a long trend in American historiography of narrating those events from the viewpoint of white, Euro-American settlers. The book details the United States government’s interactions with Native American nations in the Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, and West Coast from 1860 to 1890. As a librarian at the University of Illinois, he had access to the primary historical records from the late 19th century that became the main source material for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Dee Brown (full name Dorris Alexander Brown) was the author of more than 30 fiction and nonfiction books. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West, a nonfiction history by librarian and historian Dee Brown, was published in 1970 and became a widely influential bestseller. ![]()
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