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Mary Brave Bird, also known as Mary Brave Woman Olguin and Mary Crow Dog (September 26, 1954 – February 14, 2013 [2]) was a Sicangu Lakota writer and activist who was a member of the American Indian Movement during the 1970s and participated in some of their most publicized events, including the Wounded Knee Incident when she was 18 years old.
Lakota Woman is a memoir by Mary Brave Bird, a Sicangu Lakota who was formerly known as Mary Crow Dog. Reared on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, she describes her childhood and young adulthood, which included many historical events associated with the American Indian Movement.
Lakota Woman-Mary Brave Bird's 1990 memoir (published under the name Mary Crow Dog). Having been a close friend of Aquash, Brave Bird dedicates the chapter "Two Cut-off Hands" to her friendship with Aquash and the events leading to her death. [66] Aquash is the subject of June Jordan's "Poem for Nana," from Passion, her 1980 collection of poems.
Lakota Woman, 1990 memoir by Mary Brave Bird concerning in part the Wounded Knee Occupation; Thunderheart, 1992 film, a loosely based fictional portrayal of events relating to the Wounded Knee incident in 1973; Leonard Peltier; Occupation of Alcatraz; List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States
Mary Brant, Mohawk leader; Mary Brave Bird (1953–2013), Brulé Lakota writer and activist [12] Bras Piqué, Natchez woman who tried to warn the French of her tribe's plans to attack them; Ignatia Broker (1919–1987), Ojibwa writer; Ticasuk Brown (1904-1982), Iñupiaq educator, poet and writer; Vee F. Browne, Navajo author; Buffalo Bird Woman ...
Mary Brave Bird (1954–2013), Sicangu writer and activist Nathan Chasing His Horse (born 1976), actor Crow Dog (also Kȟaŋǧí Šúŋka, Jerome Crow Dog; 1833 – 1912) was a Brulé Lakota subchief, born at Horse Stealing Creek, Montana Territory, and is responsible for one of the final U.S. Supreme Court cases that unanimously supports ...
Pages in category "Sicangu women writers" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Mary Brave Bird; F.
Mary Brave Bird, Sicangu Lakota activist. She was a member of the American Indian Movement during the 1970s and participated in some of their most publicized events. Clyde Bellecourt White Earth Ojibwe activist and co-founder of the American Indian Movement; Carter Camp, Ponca activist [14]