17.07.17 - final post

I have finished my major work and am about to print it off.
I am happy with the overall result, i know there is room for improvement but i think i have really improved from initial ideas and from my initial analysis.

08.07.17 - feedback on draft and methods to finish

Para 1. Good start but I suggest:
Modern historians who aim to present an accurate depiction of the past, struggle for historical objectivity because they are all influenced by their context.
Para 2 and 3. This works. Can you make a clear statement at the beginning that you are analysing the "Introduction".

Para 4 sentence 2. Can you say this more directly, I get the point. He is interested in the importance of sources which are usually neglected. (A similar thing happens in many "contact" histories when traditional historians neglect or don't value oreal traditions, a practice which denies non-literate indiginous people a voice.)

Para 5 You man "against" not "towards"

Para 6 "imitating" not "intimidating". You didn't say what you think about the interpretation. Is it imitation, revenge, belief or just disgusting?

Para 7 I love this point but it does need the supporting example - Ghost Dance - my vote is "yes".

Para 8 Good use of Bigfoot. Good point.

Para 9 "This narrative style is accompanied by endnotes..." I gather the point is that his methodological choices detract from his academic credibility - but then he was aiming for popular impact wasn't he. This can be shorter I think.

Para 10 and 11. Hollywood and the victim thing. Is good. You could shorten this into 1 para if you need to fit in Ghost Dance.

The rest. All solid. Try to make the point clearer that Brown's book works because of the effectiveness of the narrative and the perspective. It isn't academic so it works!

Overall this is just about done. It does need a little more work on both the Fetterman massacre and the Ghost Dance. Even more it needs proper punctuation! Check it and fix it. Nearly there Genevieve. Well done.

- mr wright

methods
1. apply feedback
2. edit references
3. include ghost dance paragraph
4. synopsis
5. evaluation

08.07.17 - draft two

draft two: (06.07.17)

“Americans who have always looked westward when reading about this period should read this book facing eastward.”

Assess the validity of dee brown's statement above in regards to his construction of Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee as a work of history and its impact on american culture

The struggle for historical objectivity in writing is present in all modern historians who aim to present an accurate depiction of the past as they are all influenced by their context. Historians with cultural or social agendas however extend this contextual perspective to manipulate a history which fulfils their own ideology. Up until the late 20th century, the colonisation of america had been represented as a heroic expansion of civilization from coast to coast with brave generals battling against savage indians. The late Dee brown in his work of history bury my heart at wounded knee presents a ‘eastward’ perspective which he claimed ‘balanced out’ years of cultural propaganda. However brown's strong agenda essentially means he intruded upon the very history he is tried to recover and save from myth. The validity of maintaining a subjective agenda is assessed through his construction of history and representation of people and events, and its later impact on american culture.

Brown states in his original publican of bury my heart at wounded knee the intentions for writing this one-sided version of history. He expresses his concern regarding the lack of historical alternatives in the colonisation of the west and stresses the value of a native american perspective to influence current ideology and prejudice in america. The necessity of maintaining and revising previous written history to stay up to date with current technologies and get rid of past propaganda is an idea which became popular in the period surrounding the book's publication and is still seen as a historiographical concept today. Historians such as  Robert Hughes advises a constant reconsideration of events, specifically regarding european conquest of north america, “After the myth sank from the histories deep into popular culture, it became a potent justification for the plunder, murder and enslavement of peoples”. Brown attempted to fulfil this requirement of reassessing history in a unique construction which was openly subjective and sympathetic towards native americans.

Concluding from brown's introduction, he wrote with an agenda to change the beliefs of the modern american not only about history of the west but the effects of this old view of the past, stating “history has a way of intruding upon the present”. This statement of browns was constructed under the attitude of the 20th century which which was still idealising the philosophy of manifest destiny. The idea that of the superiority of american settlers gave them a destiny to spread their institutions and traditions which enlightened primitive nations is inextricably linked with american history. The cultural development of america under this philosophy created a prejudice against native americans. Brown aims to educate his audience on the present “hopelessness and the squalor of the modern indian man” through his eastward perspective on the real impact of manifest destiny to an audience which has always looked westward.  

Dee Brown’s unique career as a librarian has supported his construction of bury my heart at wounded knee and leads to its success as a historian as he fulfils his role by revealing new information to the public. The iconoclastic position he holds is supported through his  meticulous analysis of sources derived from the perspectives alternate including government accounts, native american interpretations and eyewitness accounts of battles.

However, despite analysing both perspectives, his real influence in constructing history is shown in the statement: “I am a very, very old Indian, and I'm remembering the past.. I'm looking toward the Atlantic Ocean”. Developing a persona to understand the native american point of view results in a prejudice towards government soldiers. Hence brown characterises “white beastliness and indian saintliness” throughout his work, this showing his subjectivity as emotional influences affect the representation of events and people. K. Kaintz states:

“the blood-thirsty savages in this book cannot be found among the Lakotas and Cheyennes but among the Euro-Americans such as Chivington or Connor.”

A good example of this old native american persona can be seen through brown's interpretation of the fetterman massacre in chapter six, red cloud's war. In this passage, native american victors are still represented as victims of european expansion rather than savage murders despite their actions. In brown's opinion this is due to the influence of the sand creek massacre two years prior where the same mutilations committed by native americans were inflicted upon native americans. The crimes committed in brown's perspective were a form of military flattery as they were “only intimidating their enemies”. Brown continues to explain the effects of the massacre, stating  that carrington, with an “impression of disgust” wrote an essay philosophising that the indians were “compelled by som paganistic belief to commit terrible deeds.”  The use of this account emphasizes two main arguments. Brown asserts the innocence of native americans despite their actions and upholds the saintliness of native americans. Secondly he stresses the injustices committed against native american culture, using the essay as an example of the zeitgeist of the 1800s. Therefore emphasising the necessity of a one sided native american history to equate westward and eastward versions.

As each culture has their own way of representing history, one of the issues in constructing red history is the misinterpretation of sources. Brown acknowledges native american way of presenting history. By drawing inspiration from both western and native american narrative forms, brown appeal to a wider audience. Scattered throughout his work are photos, poems, song lyrics and chords; this unconventional addition of these references as features of his work rather than sources to analyse humanises the victims of the massacres and allows the reader to visualise a time and culture in history which had been close to lost. Brown also uses these sources to recognize unique way of communicating history, however as the mode of poetry and symbolism is not valid in the views of the western standard history, browns synthesis of cultural standards and appropriation of the native american style creates a respectful and unified account of the american west.

( include Ghost dance chapter analysis)

However, one of the criticisms of bury my heart at wounded knee is its construction. From an academic point of view it lacks sophistication and adopts a narrative form. Brown adopts this literary style for the convenience of his readers as the form of writing broadens his audience and allows the alternate history to be acknowledged within popular culture. All history tells a story, without narrative form events would appear unrelated and confuse the audience. However brown's use of describing events in explicit detail in bury my heart dramatizes events.  An example of this is seen in the last chapter, wounded knee; describing the events before big foots death.

“Bigfoot's blankets were stained with blood from his lungs, and as he talked in a hoarse whisper with Whitside, red drops fell from his nose and froze in the bitter cold.”

Although understanding the nature of bigfoots death is necessary in understanding the outcome, the use of language in this passage demonstrates browns skill for adding dramatic detail to contribute to the book's legacy as an “epic history” of the american west.

This narrative style is accompanied by endnotes rather than footnotes which adds a greater flow within his work. From initial review this distracts from the validity of brown's work the majority of his historical claims are not supported with a reference number, mainly just direct quotes. While all of his sources are included at the end of the book, this is not equivalent to direct referencing as later historians need to analyse where he got his information from. In addition to the photos and songs incorporated throughout bury my heart, its academic credibly is not communicated successfully in a westward standard. Therefore his aim in showing the native american history of the american west and persuading his audience to understand how the west was “really won”, is not successfully communicated through his construction.

One of the main problems that added to the continuity of native american prejudice was the impact of the stereotyped figure of the native american in american cultural representations in hollywood and is the main form of false history brown rejects. In hollywood cinema, two variations were depicted; “the idealised noble savage, or the treacherous, cruel defiler of captured white women” . However as the 60s and 70s progressed and past injustices were acknowledged, a new reductive stereotype was produced and this attempt to undo the effects of this pernicious mythology saw the indian as the tragic, eternal victim. While Dee brown rejects the hollywood version of the past,  his consistent emphasis on the wrongs of the soldiers and the victimization of native americans demonstrates his own contribution to the native american stereotype. Changing the native american image from a savage to a victim, ends in the same isolation for the culture.

Book reviewer Chris schluep highlights this flaw in brown's work by stating, “Very simply, the Indians weren’t all good and the white people weren’t all bad”. The hollywood myth was a main source in delivering this false version of history and promoted the Eurocentric point of view which brown fought against. While dee brown’s work of history was seens as a rebuttal of decades of hollywood fantasy about the west, the characterisation of native americans as eternal victims means brown promoted his own myth of the past.

Despite the many structural and ideological flaws in dee brown's work of history, its effects for american culture were profound and is still continuing today. Initially browns timing was explosive, the postcolonial resurgence of indigenous issues opened up a discourse in america regarding native american land rights. The alcatraz occupation by awareness group AIM (american indian movement) of 1969, months before its publication, was the most significant of events. Similar to brown's intentions, these activists acted to “promote the renewal of tribal heritage and awareness of the government mistreatment of native americans.” Browns timing deepened the understanding of pat injustices and informed the modern view of the conflict between native american and the united states government. This connects to Brown's statement “history has a way of intruding upon the present”. In 2016,  journalist D.Brinkley states that bury my heart at wounded knee “dramatically succeeded in changing the attitudes of the generation of the 1970s”.

Brown's passion for dispelling the myths of the past and exposing the injustices towards native american people continued has been credited with contributing to the new wave of historians in understanding her past history of america. Bury my heart created a resource for america which was embedded into popular culture to understand the present injustices to native americans, aided by the various political events of the time and group activities. Brown's interpretation of the past and his understanding of added to a global movement which wanted to understand the construction of our past challenging orthodox views.

"Wounded Knee opened the way for the modern school of revisionist historians, who have largely confirmed Brown's perception that, rather than a triumph of pioneers, the west was subdued by a bloody, military conquest of native Americans that amounted to genocide."

During the following decades, bury my heart opened the door for the native american voice and launched a generation of american indian studies in academia. Its significance in american culture is seen through its revelatory qualities, “it presented information that was both little known and contradictory to the general public's idea about the west's”. It persuaded a generation to listen to the voice of native americans and also helped to revise scholarly views of the subject, paving the way for so-called ‘New Western historians’ who were more inclined to see oppression than triumph in the way the West was settled. “All practicing historians who came of age from the mid-'70s on were very conscious of 'Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,' " said professor C. Fred Williams, an expert on the American West at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Wilcomb washburn states “While Brown's work, from the scholarly point of view, leaves something to be desired, its impact has been phenomenal in raising the consciousness of white Americans about the past history of Indians and whites in America.”

However many journalists and historians have recently criticized that Brown's apparent revolutionary attempt at changing american attitudes was merely him catching the “revisionist mood about westward expansion”. The reasoning for discrediting browns impact is due to the number of historians who released works of history around the book's publication which all attempted to do what brown succeeded. The new york review of book released an article indian corn in 1971 which assesses five of these works including bury my heart, addressing some main historiographical issues.

Despite the number of books, none attracted the attention bury my heart received. This can be credited to their construction and approach to understanding native american sources and perspectives. An example of this is i have spoken: american history through the voice of the indians by v. armstrong. In his review farb criticises her lack of analysis on the reliably of her sources. As many of the native american speeches were transcribed by settlers with either their own biases or little linguistic training, they often reflect what the indians should have said or what the whites would have wanted them to say.

Contemporary conflicts continue in native american culture with the government, bury my heart is still significant in american culture to help deepen the understanding of the present injustices. The dakota pipeline is one issue recently that resulted in controversy. Brown's statement that we must “understand what the indian man is by understanding what he was.” is still relevant to understand the larger historical and cultural motives in contemporary events.

Today bury my heart is still studied and discussed as a revolutionary book that changed the understanding of the past. While bury my heart had many issues involved with its construction and since its publication many factual errors have been pronounced, it represents a major concept in historical thinking as stated by hughes, “Revise we historians must. There is no such thing as the last word”. The significance of his work is not about his content but rather about his intention, the changing attitudes reflects our world that is understanding the consequences of past actions and acknowledging the lies in our history which needs to be constantly revised and reconstructed.

conclusion 

08.07.17 - draft one

draft one: (27.06.17)

Assess the validity of Dee Brown's Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee as a work of history and its impact on American culture.

1. Introduction

Dee brown has often been credited with dispelling the myth of the american west, however, this growing interest in past settlement and mistreatment of native americans was a continuingly growing interest in a post colonial revival period. “Curiosity” How is it then that brown takes this title? His work os history is not a page turner and yet through this book the past was able to come to a discourse. The construction of red history is delicate not only for social relations but in its construction there are many cultural and historical implications regarding the sources. The way brown sues these sources leaves an impression on the audience and impact american culture.

2. Aims and intentions of brown - purposes of history

Brown explicitly states in his original publican of bury my heart at wounded knee the intentions for writing this red history. He expresses his concern regarding the lack of historical alternatives in the colonisation of the west and stresses the value of a native american perspective to influence current ideology and prejudice in america. Brown explains the reasoning for the previous bias in history, “the indian was the dark menace of the myths and even if he had known how to write in english, where would he have found a printer or a publisher?” and from this insight he attempts to fill this gap in history and to balance the one sided perspective of the american west. The necessity of revising history is a concept based upon discrimination and dogma, Robert Hughes pertinently advises a constant reconsideration of events, specifically regarding european conquest of north america, “After the myth sank from the histories deep into popular culture, it became a potent justification for the plunder, murder and enslavement of peoples”. The implication of a set history integrated into the culture of a nation forms current attitudes and prejudices, brown sums up this issue by stating that “history has a way of intruding upon the present”. However, he addresses the myths of america's past in a uniquely though focusing on the native indian culture throughout in the 1830s-50s, hence educating his audience to what he calls the ‘hopelessness and the squalor of the modern indian man” and demonstrating the cause and effect relationship.

3. Writing style focus on two chapters idea 1 -construction reflect purpose?

To fulfil his intentions, brown constructs his history by using his background knowledge as a librarian to find sources and meticulously interpret the findings. He also states he is a "very, very old Indian, and I'm remembering the past.. I'm looking toward the Atlantic Ocean.'' this is why his writing has the quality that an indian american wrote it. This reflects his perceptive when wiring bury my heart, he takes the point of p=view of a native american,  and victim as they understand the colonisation of america from the beginning of lewis and clark while he is a anglo saxon born in the 20th century. sources are derived from accounts by native american interpreters who attended treaty sessions, meetings with US army officers and other proceedings, and eyewitness accounts of battles.

He adopts a style of writing that is unconventional, adding photos and song lyrics and chords. This employment of sources which is scattered throughout his book humanises the victims of the massacres as real people with real emotion and a culture which has been close to being eradicated. This disconnection which stills continues. However the reasoning for adding these sources can also be towards his perspective, the indian culture has their own way of presenting history, therefore the story which is least connected with white culture is to be communicated in their own mode of poetry, songs and symbolism. For white americans this way of history is seen as fabled and its validity is diminished which a struggle faced by native americans. Dee brown exposes their culture by appropriating their style of history which his own white version to create a unified whole which aims to appease both sides.

4. Writing style focus on two chapters idea 2 -construction reflect purpose?

The sympathy brown has towards the native americans is exemplified in his chapter Red cloud's war where they are still represented as victims of the settlers regime in a context where they are the persecutors of the settlers. He constructs this through a commentary on the outcome of the fetterman massacre in regards to colonel carrington impression who saw the bloody vicious mutilated committed by the native indians as savagery. Brown states that this impression of disgust that carrington had seen from the massacre was also conducted two years prior by the whites on the indians in the sand creek massacre. The use of this hypothetical situation dedicates to the reader the innocence of the native americans even in times where they committed two murders, he states the indians “were only imitating their enemies” therefore emphasising the brutality of the settlers as conducting this mutilation prior to the indians. This method of constructing history with a motive to support the native american rights movement and to highlight the injustices of the past has negative implications. Choosing to dictate a history which focuses on the victimization of native americans may reflect his audience, this issue is discussed by  turner who asks whether turner bluntly asks whether liberal whites are sincerely interested in knowing about all of red history or “only about the good indians”. In judging the sources to put in his book, he woul dhave to judge what as propaganda by the whites and hwt was an accurate depiction of events, is it questionable that brown only emphasises the good hence eleimitinating all ements of bad injudgands as roaganda.

5. Criticisms in writing style -construction reflect purpose? Narrative from

One of the criticism of brown's book it's is construction, from an academic point of view it lacks sophistication and adopts a narrative form. The use of this construction reflects his intentions of widely spreading the story of the native americans into popular culture. The lack of footnotes and the literary style of his writing allows for a greater flow within the book and gives the impression of a narrative form. This detracts from the validity from a scholarly perspective as the style of writing, reads like story. However from this the book still is cursed for not being a page turner, this could be due to the heavy content rather than his literary style. End notes

6. Why has the construction changed overtime -AIM growing awareness  

Constructed in the postcolonial context of america, the 1960s and 70s saw a resurgence in indigenous issues, brought to attention by native american activist across the country. Groups were actively organized to “promote the renewal of tribal heritage and awareness of the government mistreatment of native americans.” Amongst these groups were the most influential American Indian Movement,  AIM’s occupation of alcatraz in 1969 created a discourse in america which focused on the rights of native americans. Browns timing deepened the understanding and informed the modern view of the conflict between native american and the united states government brinkley states “dramatically succeeded in changing the attitudes of the generation of the 1970s”.

7. Why has the construction changed overtime -hollywood  

One of the main problems that added to the continuity of native american prejudice was the impact of the stereotyped figure of the native american in american cultural representations. In hollywood cinema, two variations were depicted; “the idealised noble savage, or the treacherous, cruel defiler of captured white women” . However as the 60s and 70s progressed and the emergence of the past injustices were developed into our minds a new reductive stereotype was produced and this attempt to undo the effects of this pernicious mythology saw the indian as the tragic, eternal victim.  Dee brown rejects the hollywood version of the past, his interest in native history and portrayal developed from his childhood friend telling him they weren't real indians. However his consistent emphasis on the wrongs of the whites and victim of the indians demonstrates his sympathy and highlights the subjectivity when choosing the evidence for his work. Chris schluep highlights this flaw in brown's work by stating, “Very simply, the Indians weren’t all good and the white people weren’t all bad”. The hollywood myth was a main source in delivering this false version of history brown fought against. it burnished he Eurocentric point of view. "bury my heart was a rebuttal of decades of hollywood fantasy about the west"

8. Why has the construction changed overtime - historians

Browns apparent revolutionary attempt at change has been rejected as merely him catching the “revisionist mood about westward expansion” hence emphasizing the already revising public and discrediting brown for the impact. Other historians were also aiming to change the public mood about native americans and understand the past injectives. A time magazine review from 1971 assesses each of the main versions of history including browns. A number of issues arise when understanding the construction of red history through the mean of a white historian. Firstly the sources of the past have limited reliability as the indian americans didn't possess means of communicating history and it is all dominated by white 'victory' accounts. These accounts portray the reds as savage and is seen as a justification of their the white brutality inflicted upon them, however fail to mention that "the savage the whites conquered was a being of their own manufacture". Yellow Wolf of the Nez Perce Indians stated, "the whites told only one side. told it to please themselves. only his own best deeds, only the worst of the indians has the white man told". therefore the historian attempting to reverse this history will have difficulty determining what is fact or prejudice.

Another issue is the person constructing history usually has the context of a white american, such as brown, a common problem is that even in today's society the 'red' man has not been able to take part in the business of writing, editing and publishing his own history. therefore in the books, the whites serve as collaborators. As a result they all "intruding upon the very history that they are attempting to recover." Therefore, the collaborator has the responsibility of judging the sources available  to them and since all the native speeches have been transcribed by whites who has no linguistic training, the majority of sources are contained with errors.

Relating to this, the indian culture has their own way of presenting history, therefore he story which is least con termined with white culture is to be communicated in their own mode of - poetry, symbolism etc. which makes it incomprehensible to the white trying to interpret. finally the main issue relating to all historical primary sources - how accurate is it? how authentic? memory may have failed them or lies may have been said to undermine or exaggerate his role. Farb criticises the other authors for inflicting white prejudices or unsuccessfully translations, Brown however escapes these judgements but received another; as a sole author he had an obligation to remain "scholarly objective" however subjectively sympathises with native americans.

dee brown was not the first to note the victims indians past, several others around the time also were growingly concerned with this false history however brown is often credited for opening up public conscious. None of his other books attracted such attention.

9. Received popular -positive impact evidence for change, new historians new discourse, relationship

Brown's obsession with setting straight the past and exposing the injustices towards native american people continued to the new wave of historians in understanding her past history of america. This led to a resource for america which embedded into popular culture, aided by the various political events of the time and group activities. “While Brown's work, from the scholarly point of view, leaves something to be desired, its impact has been phenomenal in raising the consciousness of white Americans about the past history of Indians and whites in America.” - wilcomb washburn. Its significance in american culture is seen through its revelatory qualities, “it presented information that was both little known and contradictory to the general public's idea about the west's” - encyclopedia furthermore, Brown's interpretation of the past and his understanding of added to a global movement which wanted to understand the construction of our past challenging orthodox views. "Wounded Knee opened the way for the modern school of revisionist historians, who have largely confirmed Brown's perception that, rather than a triumph of pioneers, the west was subdued by a bloody, military conquest of native Americans that amounted to genocide." during the following decades, bury my heart opened the door for th native american voice and launched a generation of american indian studies in academia - encyclopedia. It persuaded a generation to listen to the voice of native americans.

10. Relevance today why still studied - purposes of history

today conflicts continue in native american culture with the government its significance is still apparent in our culture to help as brown states, “understand what the indian man is by understanding what he was.”  The dakota pipeline is one recently that sparked the resurgence of political issues. Today bury my heart is still studied and discussed as a revolutionary book that changed the understanding of the past. While bury my heart had many issues involved with its construction and since its publication many factual errors have been pronounced, it represents a major concept in historical thinking as stated by hughes, “Revise we historians must. There is no such thing as the last word”. The significance of his work is not about his content but rather about his intention, the changing attitudes reflects our world that is understanding the consequences of past actions and acknowledging the lies in our history . which needs to be constantly revised and reconstructed.

27.06.17 - essay update

i have finished my first draft of my essay (not including the evaluation or synopsis). however before i hand it in be edited i have developed a process i need to complete:

- edit each paragraph one by one so it follows a structure that is easy to understand 

- cut down the paragraphs sos they are smaller and address one point or max two points

- apply historiographical issues to my essay to address the main four questions 

- look at past projects to see what else should be included

- check footnotes and references

- after this i will hand it into mr wright so get feedback (this will be on Thursday ) 

- then i will apply the feedback to my essay edit it again 

my synopsis an devaluation will be completed early holidays to be checked on Tuesday next week

however i am unsure about my third source to evaluate. i have already got bury my heart though that will be short as its evaluation is mainly my essay anyway. then i have Peter Farb's 'indian corn' review which covered a lot of historiographical issues relating to conducting native mercian history. all my other sources are very short reviews or websites that provided me with background information or is too little to evaluation fully in this section. there is the encyclopaedia though i am no sure if it is appropriate to evaluate. 

my essay is coming along though there are many areas i need to edit. 

13.06.17 - update and draft paragraph one

13.06.17

i have been writing my essay and completed a few paragraphs.

my body paragraph one focuses on browns aims
this is my first draft and will be editing once i completed the full essay which will probably be by the end of this week.

Brown explicitly states in his original publican of bury my heart at wounded knee the intentions for writing this red history. He expresses his concern regarding the lack of historical alternatives in the colonisation of the west and stresses the value of a native american perspective to influence current ideology and prejudice in america. Brown explains the reasoning for the previous bias in history, “the indian was the dark menace of the myths and even if he had known how to write in english, where would he have found a printer or a publisher?” and from this insight he attempts to fill this gap in history and to balance the one sided perspective of the american west. The necessity of revising history is a concept based upon discrimination and dogma, Robert Hughes pertinently advises a constant reconsideration of events, specifically regarding european conquest of north america, “After the myth sank from the histories deep into popular culture, it became a potent justification for the plunder, murder and enslavement of peoples”. The implication of a set history integrated into the culture of a nation forms current attitudes and prejudices, brown sums up this issue by stating that “history has a way of intruding upon the present”. However, he addresses the myths of america's past in a uniquely though focusing on the native indian culture throughout in the 1830s-50s, hence educating his audience to what he calls the ‘hopelessness and the squalor of the modern indian man” and demonstrating the cause and effect relationship.


(i only included my first paragraph as i am not completing the essay in chronological order as i find it easier this way. i have also finished the three paragraphs for other factors for continuity and change however they come later in the essay)

Questions i need to ask:
- should i follow peel structure?
- should i stick to one title when referring to native americans or can i switch between indian americans and native indians?

13.05.17 - essay plan

13.05.17

starting to write my major, changed the order of my essay and question

Assess the validity of Dee Brown's Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee as a work of history and its impact on American culture.

1. Introduction
2. Aims and intentions of brown - purposes of history
3. Writing style focus on two chapters idea 1 -construction reflect purpose?
4. Writing style focus on two chapters idea 2 -construction reflect purpose?
5. Criticisms in writing style -construction reflect purpose? Narrative from
6. Why has the construction changed overtime -context of time, change
7. Received popular -positive impact evidence for change, new historians
8. Criticisms in topic - negative  
9. Relevance today why still studied - purposes of history

*note, while there is no singular paragraph for dee brown context include throughout

i changed the question from importance to validity as i feel like it addressed what i wanted to be answering. Rather than why it was necessary i will analysing his work which intended.