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Mary Crow Dog

Born

in Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota, The United States

September 26, 1954

Died

February 14, 2013

Genre

Memoir

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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 life story.

Her books describe the conditions of the Lakota Indian and her experience growing up on the Rosebu ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 9,337 ratings · 605 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog, Richard Erdoes (Editor) 3.98 avg rating — 8,956 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 3.89 avg rating — 463 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
	Civilize Them with a Stick 4.22 avg rating — 18 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
	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
	Ohitika Woman really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 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
	Medizinmann der Sioux. Tahca Ushtes Sohn erzählt von seinem Leben und seinem Volk it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Ich wusste, dass ich hier nicht bleiben würde. CD: Erinnerungstexte und Stimmporträts 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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“The thing to keep in mind is that laws are framed by those who happen to be in power and for the purpose of keeping them in power.”
― Mary Crow Dog, Lakota Woman

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“Moral power is always more dangerous to an oppressor than political force.”
― Mary Crow Dog , Lakota Woman

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“Nixon sent some no-account underling to tell us that he had done more for the American Indian than any predecessor and that he saw no reason for our coming to Washington, that he had more important things to do than to talk with us—presumably surreptitiously taping his visitors and planning Watergate. We wondered what all these good things were that he had done for us.”
― Mary Crow Dog, Lakota Woman

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December 2021 New School Classic Group Read

The Call of the Wild by Jack London, 1903, 172 pages

52 votes, 22.4%

Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1976, 111 pages

49 votes, 21.1%

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin, 1974, 387 pages

33 votes, 14.2%

I, Robot by Isaac Asimov, 1950, 224 pages

28 votes, 12.1%

Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog, 1990, 263 pages

27 votes, 11.6%

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, 1924, 226 pages

24 votes, 10.3%

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein, 1961, 525 pages

19 votes, 8.2%

232 total votes

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