Lakota Woman

by Crow Dog, Mary

• ISBN13: 9780060973896
• ISBN10: 0060973897
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-03
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

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.

"Simply told--and at times simply horrifying. "-New York Times Book Review

"A powerful autobiography...feisty and determined, warm and even funny. "-Chicago Tribune

"A piercing look into the ancient yet modern mind of a Sioux woman."-Oliver StoneA

Table of Contents

A Woman from He-Dog	3	(12)
Invisible Fathers	12	(16)
Civilize Them with a Stick	28	(14)
Drinking and Fighting	42	(13)
Aimlessness	55	(18)
We AIM Not to Please	73	(19)
Crying for a Dream	92	(19)
Cankpe Opi Wakpala	111	(17)
The Siege	128	(16)
The Ghosts Return	144	(12)
Birth Giving	156	(14)
Sioux and Elephants Never Forget	170	(16)
Two Cut-off Hands	186	(13)
Cante Ishta---The Eye of the Heart	199	(16)
The Eagle Caged	215	(27)
Ho Uway Tinkte---My Voice You Shall Hear	242	(19)
Epilogue	261