The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee, (Paperback)

from Mike__M

David Treuer should be widely applauded across America for this book. His introduction, especially, is important. This is a book about survivors. If I could summarize, I'd say "After all they've done, we're still here. Get used to it." We need more Native writers being praised for presenting a ...

from Hccpsk

My favorite non-fiction books usually combine a strong personal narrative within the subject matter, and David Treuer does just that in The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee. Treuer grew up on a reservation in Minnesota, and he weaves the stories of family and friends into the brutal history of Native Am...

from muddyboy

This is a great book about native Americans in the United States since the Wounded Knee massacre. The author begins with precolonial native life up to Wounded Knee but focuses and what has happened since. The author has done a vast amount of research on a plethora of tribal groups across the Unit...

from Narshkite

This is an imperfect book, and yet it is absolutely extraordinary. Truer has given us the history of America's indigenous people, attempting with admirable success to tell the stories of many different nations, as impacted by European imperialism. The majority of what is here is history I never l...

from muddyboy

This is a great book about native Americans in the United States since the Wounded Knee massacre. The author begins with precolonial native life up to Wounded Knee but focuses and what has happened since. The author has done a vast amount of research on a plethora of tribal groups across the Unit...