“Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,” the HBO movie based on the book by UCA alumnus Dee Brown, took home the award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie at the 2007 Emmy Awards on Saturday night.
Brown received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from UCA in 1988.
Published in 1971, “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” is one of the foremost works documenting the systematic subjugation of the American Indian during the latter half of the 19th century. It has sold nearly five million copies and has been translated into 17 languages.
