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Lakota woman / by Mary Crow Dog and Richard Erdoes.

Brave Bird, Mary, (author.). Erdoes, Richard, 1912-2008 (author.).

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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.

Record details

ISBN: 0802111017
ISBN: 9780802111012
Physical Description: 263 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Grove Weidenfeld, 1990.

Content descriptions

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.
Awards Note:: American Book Award, 1991

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Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.)

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