Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a fully documented account of the annihilation of the American Indian in the late 1800s ending at the Battle of Wounded Knee. Brown brings to light a story of torture and atrocity not well known in American history. The fashion in which the American Indian was exterminated by the United States government is best summed up in the words of Standing Bear of the Poncas, "When …showed first 75 words of 1113 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1113 total…it becomes more evident that the white man never intended to share anything with his red brothers, and that the civilized white settlers broke treaty after treaty with the Indians, forcing them into a war that they could never hope to win and that they had no way out of. But the best thing about Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Brown, Dee. Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1970.