Because it reveals the corruption at the heart of American society that is once again in full bloom. A tale of endless depredation and degradation, over and over the unending broken promises, broken treaties, murder, war, profiteers, Christian evangelicals and greedy land prospectors bent on destroying utterly entire societies of nations will give you a perspective into the liars and charlatans who populate our Federal government today, who are doing everything possible to reinstate that era.
This book will make you question the fundamental character of American society and rip away the myth of American exceptionalism that was inculcated in many Americans since World War II. I grew up in post-war America and have come to realize that it is the America laid out in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee that reflects our society best, and that post-war America was the shadow.
by AsamaMaru
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I had a teacher assign this in high school.
I’ve never really been able to be patriotic since.
My parents did not believe in restricting my reading. I was a fairly voracious reader as a child. I read this book in fourth grade. It made an indelible mark on me.