Lakota woman / by Mary Crow Dog and Richard Erdoes.
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 vi...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
HarperPerennial,
1991.
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Edition: | First HarperPerennial edition. |
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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. Now a major movie from TNT. |
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Item Description: | Originally published: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. |
Physical Description: | 263 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm |
ISBN: | 0060973897 9780060973896 |