The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present Free Audiobook Download by David Treuer

In The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee, David Treuer provides an important historical overview of the impacts on Native American communities in the United States caused by the arrival of European immigrants.

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee is a study of Native America from 1890 to the present that tells the story through multiple lenses: political and religious, cultural and institutional, and personal. In addition to highlighting some of the more significant events in Native American history, Treuer also describes how Native Americans have responded to these experiences in their own voices.

In this engaging and intimate history, Treuer posits that the American experience has been shaped by a system of violence that has always been present. The book is set in a time before the government allocated resources for Native Americans to assimilate into the culture of the United States; rather, indigenous peoples were forced to adapt themselves to it.

This book is an anthology of essays by Native American scholar David Treuer. He covers the issues surrounding Native America from 1890 to the present, focusing on communities and dominant narratives in the telling of history. Through this book, Treuer provides a critical analysis of Native American history as told by important texts and key figures.

The heart of the story is about the Wounded Knee Massacre. David Treuer's family line has been on the Pine Ridge reservation since before that day in 1890, and he writes as well as any person I know.

The Heartbeat of Wounded knee has three major sections: Part One is History, and it begins with the arrival of the Europeans on Native American land. It continues through the fur trade, and then moves to the Red Cloud War in 1866. Part Two is about Indian Nations. This section analyzes how Indian nations were created, their creation myths, cultures, treaties, governance structures and how they were run. Part Three is about federal policy and how it has changed over time.