Lakota Woman
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Call Number: 921 Crow Dog, Mary
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Originally published: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990.
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.
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.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : HarperPerennial, 1991.
Year Published: 1991
Description: 263 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 970
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0060973897
9780060973896
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Erdoes, Richard, 1912-2008.
SUBJECTS
Crow Dog, Mary.
Teton women -- Biography.
Dakota People -- Social conditions.
Native Americans, North American -- South Dakota -- Personal Narratives.
Social Conditions -- South Dakota -- Personal Narratives.
Women -- South Dakota -- Personal Narratives.
Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.)