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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West | Dee Brown
The fascinating #1 New York Times bestseller that awakened the world to the destruction of American Indians in the nineteenth-century West (The Wall Street Journal). First published in 1970, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee generated shockwaves with its frank and heartbreaking depiction of the systematic annihilation of American Indian tribes across the western frontier. In this nonfiction account, Dee Brown focuses on the betrayals, battles, and massacres suffered by American Indians between 1860 and 1890. He tells of the many tribes and their renowned chiefsfrom Geronimo to Red Cloud, Sitting Bull to Crazy Horsewho struggled to combat the destruction of their people and culture. Forcefully written and meticulously researched, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee inspired a generation to take a second look at how the West was won. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dee Brown including rare photos from the authors personal collection.
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NatalieR
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I decided now is the perfect time to learn about the true history of the American West. The accounts of how unfair, cruel, and vicious the white men treated the American Indians was nothing but tragic. Time after time, the American Indians were kind, and willing to work with the white men. They are such a generous tribe who wanted to live simply in peace and connection with all cultures.

Full review at https://abookandadog.com

Librarybelle I plan to read this next month. 5mo
Suet624 I read this as a teenager when it first came out. Broke my heart. 5mo
NatalieR @Librarybelle I hope you get out of it what you‘re hoping to find. 💟 5mo
NatalieR @Suet624 Yes, a very heavy, heartbreaking read. 💔 5mo
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TheNeverendingTBR
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Amazing book that tells the horrors suffered by the Native Americans at the hands of the white man.

It's shocking how these indigenous people were trusted, and reading this book was not easy at times, but I think everyone should read it.

Readergrrl If you found this book as important as I did, you may also find the book I tagged below an excellent accompaniment. 11mo
Readergrrl A fictional novel that I think would really be an excellent third is: 11mo
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TheNeverendingTBR @Readergrrl Thanks for the recommendations, Cynthia. They sound interesting, and I'll definitely look into them. 🙂 11mo
Suet624 Heartbreaking book but it was so important when it came out in the ‘70‘s. There weren‘t many books that talked about this subject matter. 11mo
AllDebooks @Readergrrl I started reading this and had to pause due to distressing content. It's a tough but necessary read. I've just heard it's being filmed. 11mo
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ChaoticMissAdventures
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Last weeks reading roundup

The best book I read last week was Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee. This should be taught in US schools.
Careless was a hidden gem that I loved.

The other two were meh. The Flagg one being super racist, would not recommend.

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ChaoticMissAdventures
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5⭐
This is the American expansion story you were not taught in school. An essential look at how the government gave and took and took some more from the native people. Many parts of this book are hard to read. Terrible acts were perpetuated against the native people. But as always it is best to know the truth of what happened and why.
Brown is an excellent story teller and his notes section goes on and on w/references. I also loved the photos

CogsOfEncouragement I read this recently. Heartbreaking. 1y
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ChaoticMissAdventures
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I love how this book is laid out. At the beginning of each chapter there is a roundup of big things that were happening in the world, from Queen Victoria taking over India, to Edison invention of phonograph, and Anna Karenina published. It really puts the time period into frame.

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ChaoticMissAdventures
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#weeklyforecast

Listening to tagged and Dark Places on audio.
Tin Man is my January reread - 2023 each month I am picking one of my favorite books to reread.

Careless is from the 2022 Women's Prize long list. I have this and one more from last year to get through before they announced the 2023 long list!

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ChaoticMissAdventures
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And away we gooooooo!

#bookspinbingo
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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CogsOfEncouragement
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Even though I knew this happened, it was difficult to hear graphic account after account after account of what specifically happened. There were extensive details collected, and put in perspective by anchoring them with what was happening around the world at the same time. One striking contrast, was the Native Americans continued to be mistreated and slaughtered as we accepted the gift of the The Statue of Liberty.

Chrissyreadit I saw photos hanging at the College in Pine Ridge. They still haunt me years later. 2y
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CogsOfEncouragement
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I‘m currently reading “Crime and Punishment” on Libby and listening to “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” on audible. “Bury My Heart” gives lots of references to what else was happening in the world at the time and it mentions that the Russian novel “Crime and Punishment” was first published in 1866. This is an interesting coincidence for me as I consider world history during American Indian Heritage Month.
#BookishEncouragement
#FridayReads

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sdbruening
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This was incredibly depressing and enlightening. I had already felt ashamed as a European American from what I knew about the exploitation and decimation of the Native Americans, and this book further illustrated the terrible things white people did just in the west in the late 1800s. I do wish this had been written by a Native American rather than a white journalist but it‘s still well written, valuable, and seems well-sourced.

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DarkPizza
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I listened to the audio book of this, which was very good. Honestly I think everyone in America should have to read this book in school. It's heartbreaking and sometimes hard to hear, but the way we prevent atrocities from being repeated is by educating ourselves and each other. The story of Chief Joseph in particular affects me, as I grew up in the area he and his people called home.

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JPSHANK
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A must read. Well written, eye opening, and truly revealing.

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Chrissyreadit
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I spent a short life changing week volunteering at Pine Ridge Reservation 5 years ago. While there I met an elderly artist. His mother survived Wounded Knee as an infant. He told us his grandmother was shot multiple times carrying her to safety. Today‘s anniversary is still a recent enough memory for the Lakota. Today I am sitting for a moment in honor of their lives and sacrifices.

GingerAntics This book is actually on sale today on Apple Books. I have mixed feelings about reading it. I want to read about indigenous history from indigenous authors, but (outside of the movie) this seems to be the premier book on this topic. 3y
Vali-Khali Definitely recommend if you haven‘t read it yet. The illustrated edition of this book is one of my favorite reads of 2019 and definitely one of the most soul-searing books I‘ve read so far. Really liked seeing this post @Chrissyreadit 3y
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GingerAntics @Vali-Khali there is an illustrated version? I‘m going to have to look for that one. 3y
Vali-Khali @GingerAntics there is, I purchased mine from Barnes & Noble for about $30. No matter the edition you can‘t go wrong reading this one. Though it‘ll probably make your heart ache. A lot. 3y
GingerAntics @Vali-Khali it usually does when you read anything about the massacres of Native Americans. I have a big list of Native American history, poetry, and fiction I want to read in 2021. There are two books (this one and another) not written or co-written by an actual native person. Both are such Center points in the field they almost get a pass on being written by white dudes. 3y
Chrissyreadit @Vali-Khali welcome to Litsy by the way. The link in my bio section has links to learn about Litsy, and the image is a hyperlink to a thread about many litsy activities. If you follow everyone in that thread it will be a good beginning for an active, diverse feed. 3y
Vali-Khali @Chrissyreadit thank you so much! I‘m so used to how things work on Goodreads, that link sounds like a sure way to get myself comfortable on here. 3y
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Librarybelle
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Thank you for the tag, @Gaylagal2 & @squirrelbrain !

My mom loves mystery fiction, but one of her rare nonfiction reads was the tagged book. I can remember her crying while reading it.

1. The one I remember the most vividly is Wham‘s “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”

2. My cats (a standard answer for me!). Work has been crazy on so many levels, meaning long hours & limited time at home. But, my boys are always happy to see me.

#ThankfulThursday

Cosmos_Moon Sounds like an interesting book! Now I‘m going to be singing that wham song 😂 that is one I remember. 4y
Pageturner1 Yes! WHAM!! my favorite group as a teenager. love George Michael and Andrew. I can always listen to George! 4y
Librarybelle @Pageturner1 @Cosmos_Moon It was such a catchy song! 4y
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SkeletonKey
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Began my next audiobook today for obvious reasons.

Hope everyone had a good day 💜

lynneamch Described as a "counter-narrative" this sounds like it is worth reading as well. I heard an interview with the author on NPR. 4y
SkeletonKey @lynneamch - It‘s on my list! 4y
Tamra @lynneamch thanks for tagging it, I put a hold on it! (edited) 4y
AshleyHoss820 My brother-in-law has read this and he has highly recommended it to me! Another good read is 4y
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squirrelbrain
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This is the story of the American West, told from the Indian point of view. This was a bit of a chunkster and was slightly samey and repetitive in places, but I still found it fascinating and rather shocking. Even here in the UK, when I was at school, we were taught the ‘white man‘s‘ view of Indian history, so this was an eye-opener.

I presume you could use this for a number of states but I‘ve chosen #southdakota. #readingUSA2019

Jee_HookedOnBookz Great review! This book has been on my kindle like forever. Time to bump it up! 5y
Hooked_on_books I read a book this year about how the Indian is presumed to have disappeared after wounded knee, which is definitely not the case. It‘s written by a Native American and would be a great follow up to this one. 5y
Librarybelle I really have to read this one, and @Hooked_on_books ...that one is on my radar too. 5y
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Tamra Been on my list for sooooo long! 5y
squirrelbrain That one sounds great too @Hooked_on_books - stacked! 😘 5y
AnneFindsJoy Been on my list for ages too, really must get to it! 5y
BarbaraBB You‘re doing great!! 5y
Samplergal It‘s been so long since I read that, I do need to reread. You‘re doing great. I actually miss looking for books since I finished this a few weeks ago. Def want to redo next year. 5y
squirrelbrain Ooh have you finished @samplergal?! How good are you?! Yes, I wondered about doing it again next year. I‘ll decide when I see what other challenges are out there.... 5y
andrew61 It's a book that I've always wanted to read. 5y
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Librarybelle
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I hope to read this one this year; it‘s been on my #tbr for far too long. #NeverForget #RedRoseSeptember

arlenefinnigan A classic. I've never got round to it either #stacked 5y
Cinfhen Lots of people read for #Booked2019 #IndigenousAuthor and they all gave it high praise 5y
lynneamch I want to read this one too after hearing him on NPR 5y
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MrBook
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Some replenishment for my #ImportantBooks Display! 😁

Have you read any of these?!

#LitsyLovesLibraries #MrBooksDisplays

underthebelljar Only 1 🙈 need to change that! 5y
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rwmg Crime and Punishment as an angsty teenager. I didn't really get much out of it. I started 100 Years of Solitude 2x and didn't get much further than a third of the way through each time 5y
VioletBramble I ❤️ Crime and Punishment and the Illustrated Edition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. 5y
Gissy Man in search of meaning and Crime and Punishment!😍 5y
DrexEdit Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of my most favorite writers ever! 😊 💜 5y
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Caterina
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Did some #audioblueberrypicking in the 94°F heat this afternoon. Looking forward to blueberry crisp for dessert tonight. 💕

Crazeedi My blueberries arent ripe yet!! 5y
Caterina @Crazeedi We've been picking ours daily for at least a couple weeks! Guess it's that North Carolina heat getting them ripe quickly! It's our first summer in this house, and it's been a lovely few weeks of blueberry crisp, blueberry pie, blueberry pancakes, blueberry muffins... 😋😍 5y
Crazeedi @Caterina that's sound awesome!! 5y
janeycanuck It‘ll be a while before our blueberries are ready. Jealous of all your blueberry goodies. Have you ever made blueberry syrup? 5y
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Caterina
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Managed to squeeze in a 5 mile #audiowalk before we had to leave for a family reunion! 👍

BookwormAHN Great job 👏🏻 5y
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Caterina
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Why yes, I did just recently buy my first ever set of washi tape when I saw it on clearance, how did you know? 😂 #bujo #bulletjournal #tbr #tbrbingo

marleed Cool! 5y
BookwormAHN It gets addicting 👏🏻 5y
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Caterina
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I've spent much of the day listening to this audiobook while cleaning, tidying, doing laundry, and going through old boxes from K-12 and college. Somehow my Fitbit claims I have under 5,000 steps, but I am worn out and a little sore. 🤷 Time to read and relax and maybe take a hot bath too. PS- please go vote on my previous post if you haven't already! 😘 #BookFitnessChallenge #BFC @wanderinglynn #audiocleaning #audiolaundry #audiochores

BookwormAHN Well done and voted 👏🏻 5y
Caterina @BookwormAHN Thank you 😘 5y
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Plaidsticks
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#ifliterarycanonwasntcontrolledbythewhitepatriarchy This is what I wanted An Indigenous People‘s History of the United States. I don‘t want trama porn but this went into enough background to provide context and invoke emotion and empathy. Indigenous history is something I still have a rather shallow understanding of—working on remedying this. #audiobook

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Redjewel_7734
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I can‘t say I enjoyed reading this one because it was hard as in listening to what was done to Native Americans in the name of white man‘s progress is just heartbreaking, maddening, & rage inducing. I have been very I hate white people throughout. But as hard as it is, it‘s a must read; this is the history that is glosses over in history classes; these are voices my ancestors silenced & so I need to listen to them & take that rage to do better.

Annl Great review! Adding it to my tbr. 5y
Krisjericho This was one of the most perspective-shifting books I have ever read. It was a tough, but necessary, read. 5y
Redjewel_7734 @Annl Thanks! I look forward to hearing what you think of it 😊 5y
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Redjewel_7734 @Krisjericho 💯it should be required reading in high school US history classes. 5y
JazzFeathers Yes, it was indeed quite hard to read. But l'd suggest to read histories (or stories) by Native American too. Perspectives might be very different. Maybe not so much on the past, than on the present and future. 5y
Redjewel_7734 @JazzFeathers 💯I agree. As good a job as this does at exposing the other side of the history we‘re taught, it‘s still a white person telling the stories of BIPOC. I fully intend on searching out some own voices works for perspective. We should never put our (white people‘s)interpretations over that of the people who‘ve been denied a voice for too long. 5y
JazzFeathers @Redjewel_7734 I haven't read it yet, but a Native friend of mine suggested this 5y
Redjewel_7734 @JazzFeathers Thanx😊😊😊 5y
Redjewel_7734 @JazzFeathers another great read, though it‘s not a history, from a Native perspective is Braiding Sweetgrass. 5y
Darklunarose I read this 20 years ago when having my daughter. It‘s a shocking book that exposes so much cruelty. But a good read cause we need to know. 5y
JazzFeathers @Redjewel_7734 Thanks. I've never heard of this or its author. Staked! 5y
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Chrissyreadit
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#wontgetfooledagain #marchintothe70s
Book on my TBR. If possible, Visit Wounded Knee and The gallery in The Oglala Lakota College to see the photos and bear witness. There is a history I was never taught.

Cinfhen This would be a great pick for #Booked2019 #IndigenousAuthor (edited) 5y
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Califlamingo
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"It was an era of violence, greed, audacity, sentimentality, undirected exuberance, and an almost reverential attitude toward the ideal of personal freedom for those who already had it."

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Bo_Bo

Though it is true that they are naked, yet their manners are decorous and praiseworthy

Kaye Welcome 🙂 5y
Bo_Bo thank you 5y
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Kamisha
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One of the most disturbing and heartbreaking books I‘ve ever read.
#Booked2018 #DiverseNonfiction

BarbaraTheBibliophage Great pick! I‘ll tag my co-hosts too @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft 5y
Cinfhen I‘d like to read this one!! And thanks for your diligence @BarbaraTheBibliophage 😘 5y
Kamisha @BarbaraTheBibliophage Thank you! I definitely forgot... 😅 5y
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wen4blu
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Current audiobook - it's eye opening, frustrating, heartbreaking and strangely inspiring me to plan a trip west.

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GripLitGrl
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#HeatOfJuly #wildwildwest
@Cinfhen @BarbaraBB
Haven't read this one but it definitely looked like a good book TBR

BarbaraBB This must really be a classic #wilwildwesr story 6y
JaclynW This book is excellent!! It is the opposite of what I learned in school. Sadly. Thankfully my kids are learning the truth. 6y
GripLitGrl @JaclynW i definitely want to read this one. Sad how they were & continue to be treated. Nice to know the truth is getting out there more 6y
JaclynW @GripLitGrl So sad. Definitely read it someday. 6y
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RyGoSt
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Not only an excellent catalogue of the myriad native tribes and some revealing anecdotal insights into native american culture, but more importantly the indisputable record of a people's extinction by a new.nation of immigrants and this continuing hypocrisy...

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elizabethlk
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Today is #nationalindigenouspeopleday and June is #indigenoushistorymonth so it is a good time to pick up books by indigenous people. Here are a few of my owned books and my library check outs.

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Smrloomis
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Kindle deal 🎉 if you haven‘t read it or would like an e-copy

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EliNeedsMoreShelves
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I've bern reading this for a LONG time, because it is a hard book to read. Learning about how shitty our government has always been never gets easier, it seems. #modernmrsdarcy

Reviewsbylola I can‘t remember if I‘ve read this or not. I feel like it was assigned in school. 6y
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hwestfall
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This book took me longer to read than other books this length. There was so much information held in these pages. I often found myself shocked at how little I truly knew about this subject. I think it is an important read and I am glad that I read it.

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hwestfall
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I am slowly making my way through this book. These two quotes just grieve me. The "Great Father" is the President of the United States.

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hwestfall
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Found this little gem tucked away, "Professed patriotism may be made the cover for a multitude of sins." Robert C. Winthrop was referencing corruption in Washington. So, nothing new under the sun?

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jveezer
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Just watched the Dakota38 documentary (it's free, google it), so had to go reread the chapter here on Little Hawks War. The film was well done and is worth watching. This book should be read by all Americans interested in our real history.

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Librarybelle
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I haven't kept up with the photo challenges, unfortunately, but when I saw #sorrow and #troubledrelationship for today, I immediately thought of this book. I confess, I haven't read it yet, because I know I need to be in the right mindset. This nonfiction accounts looks at the "Indian" wars on the American plains after the Civil War. I have strong opinions on what happened to the tribes; I'll need tissues for this. #septembowie #awesomeautumnbooks

Marchpane It's still on my TBR too, I think for the same reason 💔 7y
Leniverse I read it in my early teens. I don't remember much about the contents, but I remember how it made me feel. So much sorrow and outrage. 7y
ValerieAndBooks I have this one, also TBR, I‘m sure for the same reasons as you. 7y
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Librarybelle @Leniverse I remember my mom reading it when I was a kid...she cried so much from it. I will probably feel a lot of outrage after reading this too. 7y
Librarybelle @Marchpane @ValerieAndBooks I'm in good company...we'll read it one of these days (and give all of our money to the tissue companies) 7y
Cinfhen I agree @Librarybelle @ValerieAndBooks what a shameful injustice (edited) 7y
batsy I haven't read it and also been putting it off for the same reason. The movie was very good. 7y
Librarybelle @batsy I've heard the movie is good! I have not seen it yet. 7y
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lowellette
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Classic. Important. Re-education.

[DELETED] 3803335244 I'm currently reading this with my 2 teenagers. Such an eye opening book for them. We are Native American, so my daughter is very emotional as we read. Such an educational book. We haven't finished yet, but I can already agree with you, this book is a pick for sure!!!!! 7y
lowellette @ForeverNerdy It was difficult to see the rare white men try to help the situation only to be dismissed or violently disobeyed. Every chapter is devastating. In no way did the government ever act decently, even with Grant's best buddy. How are your teenagers reacting? 7y
[DELETED] 3803335244 My daughter is emotional when reading. We are all 3 taking turns reading. I knew a lot of the history already, I like the way this book is written & is conveying the history. My son is shocked a lot. He doesn't understand why so many did what they did. Each chapter is such a discussion for us, why? how? & then we compare to today with the way things are. Even now with Native Americans the government doesn't act decent. 7y
[DELETED] 3803335244 In Salmon Idaho there was a reservation. The government found out there are precious stones there. I don't know what kind. Then they told the entire reservation they were being relocated. Without giving anyone help or money to move, people had to relocate to another area, because the government wanted their land. Again, it's for the taking. I only know this through a friend that is Shoshone, lives in Blackfoot now. Sad 7y
lowellette @ForeverNerdy I hadn't heard about the gem relocation. And, of course, there's the pipeline. It's hard to believe in justice or even in a basic expectation of niceness. 7y
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prowlix
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Next up! I loved Lonesome Dove and haven't figured out how to articulate a review it was so good! But the flat depiction of the few Native characters made me think I should move this further up my tbr

#nonfiction #booksandbooze

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lowellette
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I have not got two hearts. . . . It is hard for me to believe white men any more.

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Professed patriotism may be made the cover for a multitude of sins.

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Krisjericho
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When I bought some books at the thrift store yesterday, they gave me a 75% off all books coupon good for today only. Of course I went back. Got all of these for $18. 😳They probably shouldn't give me any more coupons. I don't have enough room.

Born.A.Reader I wish my thrift store gave out those! Or wait, maybe it's a good thing they don't...😉😉 7y
OrangeMooseReads 😲👍🏽 7y
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DebinHawaii Awesome! But that would be very dangerous!! 😬📚📚📚 7y
Cinfhen Sweeeet 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Great deal!!!👍 7y
DivineDiana Oh joy! 7y
Dragon Wow, excellent deal ! 😀 7y
Megabooks Awesome! 7y
JaclynW Wow! Great finds! Coupons at the thrift store? I never knew! 7y
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rach_simone
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Devastating, unrelenting and necessary read. Unfortunately, it's still pretty relevant with everything that's going on at Standing Rock. The genocide of the various Native American tribes over a pretty small period of time is horrifying.

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Blueberry
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One of these has been on my shelf for years :)

#publishedinthe1960s #aprilbookshowers

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AmyAgentBor
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Nothing lives long, only the earth and the mountains. Death Song, White Antelope