There are always two sides of a story to be told. You’ve probably heard of the Americans winning the west from the Mexicans and Native Americans, but probably not how the Indians suffered the loss. The Americans wanted land to keep expanding their country so they kept taking and taking from the Indians until they had nothing left. The Indians tried to offer peace and kindness, and in return, the whites did nothing to help them. If it wasn’t for the Indians that helped the Europeans when they first landed, they would have died, and the Indians could have lived peacefully. But that wasn’t the case, instead, whites were corrupted by greed and violence to stop and think about how they were harming the natives. As boatloads of Europeans were coming from the east, coasts became more crowded, so they needed more land. …show more content…
Since the Indians didn’t know how to read, most of them signed away their land without knowing. Those contracts were only for the white’s benefit, and when it wasn’t, they were void. The land assigned to them by the white’s men treaties were just one of the long list of broken promises to the natives. The Indian culture has been destroyed throughout time by American civilization, and this book is to help you get a better understanding how the modern Indians living in poverty and hopelessness came to be. The period between 1860-1890 was one of the darkest times in history for the Indians. You might be surprised to find out how the Indians were treated brutally and not savages like you were taught to believe. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee will shine a light on who the Indians really