Dee Brown Passes December 12, 2002 My Two Beads Worth

Dee Brown Passes December 12, 2002

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Dee Brown, whose novel "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" helped bring attention to atrocities against American Indians, died Thursday. He was 94.

Brown wrote 29 books, all on a manual typewriter. His works examined the history of the American West and drew attention to the decline of American Indian culture.

An expert on the American frontier, Brown also was a consultant for documentary film makers.

In his best seller, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West," Brown used eyewitness accounts and quotes from Indians to construct a history of the American government's mistreatment of the continent's indigenous people. The book sold more than 5 million copies and was translated into 15 languages.

Brown received a bachelor's degree from George Washington University in 1937 and a master's from the University of Illinois in 1952.