Our Hearts Fell to the Ground: Plains Indian Views of How the West Was Lost

by Na Na and Colin G. Calloway

Book Overview

Through primary accounts, speeches, and writings, Our Hearts Fell to the Ground documents the changing West in the nineteenth century from the Native American perspective, giving you insight into how... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312133545
• ISBN13: 9780312133542
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Bedford Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Interesting primary source account

I was assigned this book as part of a class on the Old West. This is a collection of writings by Native Americans of their experiences of "how the west was lost". More than that, though, it gives an idea, from the Native Americans' experience, of how they felt about white people coming, treaties, their changing way of life, and more. An interesting read and certainly gives a new perspective to the history of the West.