Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a non-fiction work by Dee Brown, first published in 1970, that chronicles the devastating effects of American expansionism on Indigenous peoples in the late 19th century. The book details forced relocations, broken treaties, and violent conflicts between the U.S. government and Native American tribes, including the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and others, highlighting the systematic destruction of their cultures, religions, and ways of life