Thelandmark,bestsellingaccountofthecrimesagainstAmericanIndiansduringthe19thcentury,nowonits50thAnniversary.Firstpublishedin1970,BuryMyHeartatWoundedKneeisDeeBrown’seloquent,meticulouslydocumentedaccountofthesystematicdestructionofAmericanIndiansduringthesecondhalfofthenineteenthcentury.Anationalbestsellerinhardcoverformorethanayearafteritsinitialpublication,ithassoldalmostfourmillioncopiesandhasbeentranslatedintoseventeenlanguages.Itwasthebasisforthe2007movieofthesamenamefromHBOfilms.Usingcouncilrecords,autobiographies,andfirsthanddescriptions,BrownintroducesreaderstogreatchiefsandwarriorsoftheDakota,Ute,Sioux,Cheyenne,andothertribes,revealinginheartwrenchingdetailthebattles,massacres,andbrokentreatiesthatmethodicallystrippedthemoffreedom.Aforcefulnarrativestilldiscussedtodayasrevelatoryandcontroversial,BuryMyHeartatWoundedKneepermanentlyalteredourunderstandingofhowtheAmericanWestcametobedefined.
