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Mary Brave Bird

Born

in Rosebud Indian Reservation

September 26, 1954

Died

February 14, 2013

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Mary Brave Bird (who also wrote under the name Mary Crow Dog) was a Sicangu Lakota writer and activist.

She was born Mary Ellen Moore-Richard in 1954 on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota, she was a member of the Sicangu Oyate, also known as the Burnt Thighs Nation or Brulé Band of Lakota. She was raised primarily by her grandparents while her mother studied in nursing school and was working.

Brave Bird was the author of two memoirs, Lakota Woman (1990) and Ohitika Woman (1993). Richard Erdoes, a long-time friend, helped edit the books. Lakota Woman was published under the name Mary Crow Dog and won the 1991 American Book Award. It describes her life until 1977. Ohitika Woman, published under the name Mary Brave Bird, continues her ...more

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	Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog, Richard Erdoes, Mary Brave Bird 3.97 avg rating — 8,859 ratings — published 1990 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ohitika Woman by Mary Brave Bird, Richard Erdoes (editor), Mary Crow Dog 3.90 avg rating — 458 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Indian Genesis: The Story of Creation by Percy Bullchild, Mary Crow Dog (Introduction), Mary Brave Bird 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lakota Woman by illustrated (Illustrator), Richard Erdoes, Mary Crow Dog 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ohitika Woman[ OHITIKA WOMAN ] by Brave Bird, Mary (Author ) on Nov-01-2007 Paperback by Richard Erdoes, Mary Brave Bird, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Racism breeds racism in reverse.”
― Mary Brave Bird

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“They are not racist. They’ll drill and mine the land of white ranchers and farmers too if they think their area is “resource rich.” So we told those white folks: “You’ll be next, you’ll be the next Indians.”
― Mary Brave Bird, Ohitika Woman

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“Fourteen billion dollars in gold alone have been taken out of our sacred land and they offer us 120 million in compensation!”
― Mary Brave Bird, Ohitika Woman

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