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Lakota woman / by Mary Crow Dog and Richard Erdoes.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Grove Weidenfeld, 1990.Edition: 1st edDescription: 263 p., [16] p. of plates ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0802111017 (alk. paper) :
  • 9780802145420 (pbk.)
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Contents:
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.
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.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library Biography CROW DOG, M. C953 Checked out 05/13/2024 33111010623813
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A powerful autobiography of Mary Brave Bird who grew up fatherless in a one-roomcabin without running water or electricity on the Rosebud Reservation in SouthDakota.

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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