“He was so certain it was the right thing to do. And we all know, don’t we, gentlemen, of the deadliness of righteous men?” — Dee Brown Copy Share Image
“I heard him call to the people not to be afraid, that the soldiers would not hurt them; then the troops opened fire from… — Dee Brown Copy Share Image
Treat all men alike… give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. You might as well… — Dee Brown Copy Share Image
“I want to say that further you are not a great chief of this country. That you have no following, no power, no control."… — Dee Brown Copy Share Image
“The damage and invisible scars of emotional abuse are very difficult to heal, because memories are imprinted on our minds and hearts and it takes time… — Dee Brown Copy Share Image
The white people were as thick and numerous and aimless as grasshoppers, moving always in a hurry but never seeming to get to whatever… — Dee Brown Copy Share Image
“I shall not be there. I shall rise and pass. Bury my heart at Wounded Knee. —STEPHEN VINCENT BENET” — Dee Brown Copy Share Image
“It is too often the case,” Crook said, “that border newspapers … disseminate all sorts of exaggerations and falsehoods about the Indians, which are… — Dee Brown Copy Share Image
“Before these laws could be put into effect, a new wave of white settlers swept westward and formed the territories of Wisconsin and Iowa.… — Dee Brown Copy Share Image
“mainland of America, the Wampanoags of Massasoit and King Philip had vanished, along with the Chesapeakes, the Chickahominys, and the Potomacs of the great… — Dee Brown Copy Share Image
To the Indians it seemed that these Europeans hated everything in nature - the living forests and their birds and beasts, the grassy grades,… — Dee Brown Copy Share Image
