Lakota woman /
Brave Bird, Mary.
Lakota woman / - 1st ed. - New York : Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. - 263 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
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.
0802111017 (alk. paper) : $18.95 9780802111012 (alk. paper)
89024862
Brave Bird, Mary.
Teton--Biography.
Dakota Indians--Social conditions.
Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.)
E99.D1 / M425 1990
978.3/62
Lakota woman / - 1st ed. - New York : Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. - 263 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
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.
0802111017 (alk. paper) : $18.95 9780802111012 (alk. paper)
89024862
Brave Bird, Mary.
Teton--Biography.
Dakota Indians--Social conditions.
Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.)
E99.D1 / M425 1990
978.3/62