At George Washington University, he studied library science and worked as a library assistant for the United States Department of Agriculture. Since he was pursuing a career as a librarian at the same time, he frequently had access to the materials he needed.

He found it hard to believe the myths of Native-American savagery and read everything he could find about the real history of the American West. He grew up in Arkansas, where he met many Native Americans. Author Biographyĭee Brown was born on February 28, 1908, in Alberta, Louisiana. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Brown's best-known work and has since overshadowed all of his other books. government had a God-given right to take land from the Native Americans. These acts were justified by the theory of Manifest Destiny, which stated that European descendents acting for the U.S. In addition, the book showed the attempts to crush Native-American beliefs and practices. government's attempt to acquire Native Americans' land by using a mix of threats, deception, and murder. Brown's book depicted, in detail, the U.S. citizens were already feeling guilty about their country's involvement in the Vietnam War. Brown published his book a century after the events took place, but it was a timely publication, since many U.S.

Brown began searching for the facts about Native Americans after he met several as a child and had a hard time believing the myths about their savagery that were popular among white people. It demonstrated that whites instigated the great majority of the conflicts between Native Americans and themselves. Focusing mainly on the thirty-year span from 1860 to 1890, the book was the first account of the time period told from the Native-American point of view. politicians, soldiers, and citizens who colonized the American West. This landmark book-which incorporated a number of eyewitness accounts and official records-offered a scathing indictment of the U.S. Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee was first published in the United States in 1970.

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