An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

456. Fall of the Sioux: The Massacre at Wounded Knee (Part 3)

May 30, 2024

Description

"I will bury my heart, at Wounded Knee" With Native American culture in free fall in the years following their triumph at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the rise of the Ghost Dance - a form of...
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Books Referenced

The Wizard of Oz

Author: L. Frank Baum

Context:

Mentioned when discussing that the author of the genocidal editorial about Sitting Bull in the Saturday Pioneer was the same person who wrote The Wizard of Oz

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Author: Dee Brown

Context:

Explicitly mentioned as 'the book by Dee Brown that was published at the beginning of the 70s' - described as transformative in how the clash between Americans and Native Americans is understood

Blood Meridian

Author: Cormac McCarthy

Context:

Mentioned in the context of a film adaptation being made, referenced when discussing whether modern westerns could portray Plains Indians as villains