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In the Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiesson
Custer Died For Your Sins by Vine Deloria Jr.
Those are the three that I always answer this question with.
Your best bet for a narrative history of the occupation would be Paul Chaat Smith and Robert Allen Warrior's Like a Hurricane: The Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee. As the title says it goes from the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz through 1972's BIA occupation and concludes with WK. It's well written and a fun read. Matthiesson's In the Spirit of Crazy Horse: The Story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI’s War on the American Indian Movement deals mostly with the Leonard Peltier trial but it has some good stuff about what happened following Wounded Knee.
PBS also did an episode of American Experience on the subject that's available online.
There's a few other books that are somewhat related and may be of interest. Charles Wilkinson's Blood Struggle deals with the legal and political actions of tribes during the twentieth century. It talks about Wounded Knee a little bit but it's mostly a legal history. Additionally Indians in Unexpected Places is a wonderful read on the differences between the lives Indians lived and white expectations, which influenced a lot of the talk about Wounded Knee.
I've got piles of books lying around my apartment so if you need anymore I can probably pull some more.
A lot of wonderful authors there.
Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief is a great read, full of interesting discoveries and very well-written. Then, for extra meta-fun, you can watch the movie Adaptation.
Hersey's Hiroshima is a compact but sobering collection of first-hand accounts. An easy but powerful read that sticks in your mind long after.
Peter Matthiessen is a writer of great insight and conviction. Check out In the Spirit of Crazy Horse if you're interested in Native American issues.