Generally very little is known about the terrible genocide done to the Native Americans and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee teaches it. Unlike a lot of American literature, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee teaches what is not taught in the average history book. ... Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee gives a detailed account on the terrible genocide done to the Native Americans. ... Native American children had to sit and watch as their parents were being massacred and know that they were next. ... Summary Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is the story of the annihilation the Native Americans between 186...

• Word Count: 1920
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Griswold), served as an example for colonial Latin American Literature. ... Columbus dubbed these and other peoples of the New World Indians', and unlike their North American counterparts (which are now more fairly and politically correct referred to as Native Americans) we still call them indigenous people. ... The second book analyzed for this comparative essay is Pillaging the Empire: Piracy in the Americas 1500-1750. ... The geographic setting Is set in both colonial America and their correspondent empires. ... The pirates were mainly runaway men that included criminals, refugees and...

• Word Count: 1659
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate