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Lakota woman

Crow Dog, Mary. (Author). Erdoes, Richard, 1912- (Added Author).

Summary: A unique autobiography unparalleled in American Indian literature, and a deeply moving account of a woman's triumphant struggle to survive in a hostile world. This is the powerful autobiography of Mary Brave Bird, who grew up in the misery of a South Dakota reservation. Rebelling against the violence and hopelessness of reservation life, she joined the tribal pride movement in an effort to bring about much-needed changes. Now a major movie from TNT.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0060973897 (pbk.) :
  • ISBN: 9780060973896 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: print
    263 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: First HarperPerennial edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : HarperPerennial, 1991.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990.
Formatted Contents Note: A woman from He-Dog -- Invisible fathers -- Civilize them with a stick -- Drinking and fighting -- Aimlessness -- We AIM not to please -- Crying for a dream -- Cankpe Opi Wakpala -- The siege -- The ghosts return -- Birth giving -- Sioux and elephants never forget -- Two cut-off hands -- Cante Ishta : the eye of the heart -- The eagle caged -- Ho Uway Tinkte : my voice you shall hear -- Epilogue.
Subject: Brave Bird, Mary Rosebud Reservation AIM
Crow Dog, Mary
Dakota Indians women Biography
Dakota Indians Social conditions
Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.)

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library BIO CROW ERDO 1991 272231 Biography Reshelving -
Lummi Library INDIAN # 95 275247 Deloria Collection Reshelving -

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