Read an excerpt from Mary Brave Bird’s autobiography, Lakota Woman (1990; HarperPerennial 1991) and post here your comments.
The TP webpage for Mary Brave Bird
See some information about the movie version of this book, which was produced by Jane Fonda: Lakota Woman. Siege at Wounded Knee (1994).
3 responses so far ↓
Dakota // April 5, 2008 at 4:02 pm
I just got the original novel where the excerpt on TP was taken from and I’m going to write to Harper Perennial (www.harperperennial.com), the publishers, to ask for permission! Sigh! I thought Fair Use would be enough, but it might not, so I’m going to check. Apparently, the excerpt is a whole chapter from this book, chapter 6.
Anyway, I recommend the book! Her name as the author of this book is Mary Crow Dog, and she writes it with Richard Erdoes.
Wounded Knee Occupation 1973 « Dakota in Spain // April 13, 2008 at 5:34 pm
[...] Lakota Nation was once again targeted. The occupation was by men, women (pregnant women, too – Read Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog, she gave birth the day of the shooting there and had to escape death with her [...]
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