Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a documented account of the destruction of the American Indian in the late 1800s ending at the Battle of Wounded Knee. The author asks us to confront our past, which may make us uncomfortable. But there are two sides to every story, and Brown shows us the side that we rarely see. By forcing us to think about these issues, Dee Brown accomplished the goal he …

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…than die. The next morning sixty Navaho arrived at Fort Canby. Carson then ordered that all Navaho property in the canyon destroyed. By turning against his Indian friends and taking part in the genocide of the Indian nation, Kit Carson was a living proof of a well-learned rule among Indians. No white man is ever to be trusted. Carson's betrayal left a scar in the peace process between Indians and whites for years to come.