The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee Young ..., David Treuer
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee Young ..., David Treuer
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The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee (Young Readers Adaptation)
Life in Native America

Author: David Treuer

Narrator: Fred Sanders

Unabridged: 9 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/18/2022

Synopsis

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee is a story of Native American resilience and reinvention, adapted for young adults from the adult nonfiction book of the same name.

Since the late 1800s, it has been believed that Native American civilization has been wiped from the United States. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee argues that Native American culture is far from defeated—if anything, it is thriving as much today as it was one hundred years ago.
 
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee looks at Native American culture as it exists today—and the fight to preserve language and traditions. 
 
Adapted for young readers, this important young adult nonfiction audiobook is perfect educational material for children and adults alike.

About The Author

David Treuer is Ojibwe from the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota. The author of four previous novels, most recently Prudence, and two books of nonfiction, he has also written for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Esquire, Slate, and The Washington Post, among others. He has a PhD in anthropology and teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Southern California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Savannah on August 18, 2022

I’m having a hard time rating this book. The information provided deserves five stars. But the execution as a book for “young readers” is three stars. I found the beginning of the book fascinating and captivating, and then it slowly tapered off into politics and laws and movements. Not that this is......more

Goodreads review by Tomes And on November 17, 2022

I think high school history universally teaches us that Native American life "ends" at Wounded Knee, however, the hypothesis of David Treuer's The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee not only combats that view of history, but completely obliterates it. I learned so much and realize how much more I have to lea......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on November 14, 2024

This book is both important and essential. I picked it up off the shelf at a museum, having recognized David Treuer's name. Information is the opposite of ignorance, and it would be hard to finish this book without knowing so much more than one started knowing. The adaptation for young readers eleme......more

Goodreads review by Alicia on October 05, 2022

Having read through the adult original version as I was halfway through this one to get the feel for the differences, it unfortunately falls into the same pit as many of them do-- if someone is interested in the topic, I'd rather recommend the original than the adaptation. While the book is reduced......more

Quotes

★"Utterly vital in its historical prowess, essential in its portraits of lived experiences."--Kirkus (starred review)

★"Ojibwe author Treuer unblinkingly depicts 'Indian life rather than Indian death' in this young readers adaptation. . . Using approachable language and eye-opening firsthand accounts, Treuer unfailingly puts Indigenous people at the center of their own history to prove that 'Indian cultures are not dead and our civilizations have not been destroyed.'”--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

★ “[T]his one is special, for it offers an examination of an essential subject: life in Indigenous America. The Ojibwe author seamlessly addresses his material in a hybrid fashion that’s part history, part reportage, and part memoir, and Keenan ensures all is accessible to a younger audience…[F]ascinating. . . excellent. . . The history related here is necessary for all Americans to understand, and Treuer’s personalized accounting ensures that readers will learn it with both their minds and hearts.”--Booklist (starred review)

"A well-researched approach to North American history that features personal narratives from Indigenous-Americans."--School Library Journal

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