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Born in 1955 and raised in poverty on the Rosebud Reservation, Mary Crow Dog escaped an oppressive Catholic boarding school but fell into a marginal life of urban shoplifting and barhopping. A 1971 encounter with AIM (the American Indian Movement), participation in the 1972 Trail of Broken Treaties march on Washington, and giving birth to her first child while under fire at the 1973 siege of Wounded Knee radicalized her. Anglo-Indian confrontations are characterized by extreme prejudice and violence, but some whites (the Erdoes family, William Kunstler, Marlon Brando, and others) offer genuine support. Caustic humor sparks the matter-of-fact narrative. Wife of a Sioux medicine man, Mary Crow Dog exemplifies the contemporary movement back to Native land, religion, and values. Highly recommended for American history, Native American, and women's history collections.
- Rhoda Carroll, Vermont Coll., Montpelier
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- Rhoda Carroll, Vermont Coll., Montpelier
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Mary Crow Dog narrates the story of her youth in this anguished account of growing up Indian in America. After participating in AIM (the new American Indian Movement), she joined the stand-off at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, where she gave birth to a [son]. Her marriage to Leonard Crow Dog, a medicine man who revived the sacred Ghost Dance, was a learning experience for her; she was assimilated into his family. Short, choppy sentences impart a sense that Mary Crow Dog is speaking directly to readers, and her story is startling in its intensity of feeling and its directness about the Indians' reliance on their heritage and religion. A unique account of a way of life unknown to most Americans, this pulls readers in and holds them. By no means a pretty account--the author is graphic in her accounts of drunkenness, lawlessness, killings, and drug use--the book is an important bridge to cultural understanding, and a volume that should be in every library. --Dorothy L. Addison, Woodlawn School, Fairfax County, VA
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Lakota Woman is a book worth reading. No romantic, no ado, just the real world our native american brothers and sisters have to live in every day. Creates a room for understanding, wanting to join the AIM, even though I'm "white"! Telling about an american way of life the natives have to indure every day, and the "real" americans don't like to hear mentioned too loud. A breathtaking book, couldn't put it down.
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In this 1990 autobiography Mary Crow Dog relates her life growing up on a Sioux reservation and her involvement with the American Indian Movement during the 1970s. There is another writer's name, Richard Erdoes, next to hers on the cover which makes me assume that she did not write this herself. Perhaps that accounts for the style, which is overly simplistic as the book seems to be targeted towards young adults.
However, I have very scant knowledge of American Indians even though they
have always fascinated me. And that is why I enjoyed this book completely. It's feels true and real and its starkness only underlines the story which, in reality, is not only Mary Crow Dog's personal story, but that of all American Indians in our country.
We are right there with her in the one room shack she was raised in with 8 other people in North Dakota, a house without electricity, plumbing or a single modern convenience. As there were no television or any connection with the outside world, she thought that everyone lived like this and had a happy childhood, warm and secure in the bosom a loving family.
And then she was sent off to boarding school run by the Jesuits. Here, the children were beaten, humiliated, punished by being sent into isolation, and forced into a mold that was foreign to them. It was the 60's then, and she rebelled, leaving school and joining forces with other Native American teenagers who drank and shoplifted and lived on the fringe of society.
Then the American Indian Movement came along and she joined, identifying with her people's struggles and learning the history. She was at the siege of the National Indian Affairs building in Washington, DC and then again at the 71-day takeover of Wounded Knee in the 1970s. It was here that she gave birth to her son while gunfire was going on around her.
Later, she married Leonard Crow Dog, the leader and medicine man. He had been brought up totally as an Indian and had never ever learned to read. She stood by him though his unlawful imprisonment, learned to make speeches at rallies, visited other tribes and totally absorbed her heritage. She bore him four children and is a spokesperson for her people. Hence this book, which I understand had been made into a TNT movie and is used as a textbook in schools.
By telling her own personal story, Mary Crow Dog gives the reader an insider's view of the racism around her, the hardships, the religious
rituals and the pride of her people. For anyone with an interest in this special area of American History, this book is extremely helpful.
Recommended
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Born on a Sioux reservation in the Dakotas to a wayward father and a mother who left the traditional life for Christianity, Mary Crow Dog overcomes the difficulties of a young Native American girl to become a leader in her people's movement. This autobiography follows her early days in a Christian school and culminates with her protesting and giving birth at the 1973 Wounded Knee standoff between the troubled Lakota Sioux and the US government. Written in a conversational style, the book is tragic and, at times, funny as Crow Dog demonstrates her incredible strength and sense of humour in the face of seemingly unstoppable adversity. A stunning read
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Lakota Woman
Good book. Once you read the first three pages of Lakota Woman, you'll want to keep on reading. By,Mary Crow Dog.
Veröffentlicht am 16. Mai 2000 von ROCAAA
An excellent read
Having to read this text for a university class, I initially did not expect to enjoy it as throughly as I actually did - I had the mindset that I would just read it once, just... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 24. März 2000 veröffentlicht
true lives
I read this book as an assignment first as well, but that fact did not make me recognize its power any less. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 9. Dezember 1999 von "geekbtch"
an eye opening tale unfortunately presented in a bland tone.
i found mary crow dog's style to be bland although it was very graphic. perhaps having to read this book as an assignment jaded me but i found it hard to stay awake. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 15. April 1999 veröffentlicht
A great read on the hard times for Native American Indians.
Lakota Woman is a great autobiography which shows all of the hard times for American Indians during the 1970's in order to gain the freedom to which they have today. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 22. Februar 1999 veröffentlicht
A breathtaking autobiography..............
A breathtaking autobiography by Mary Crow Dog. This autobiography dipicts the life of an Native American in South Dakota in the seventies you see this through the eyes of a young... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 17. Februar 1999 veröffentlicht
A breathtaking autobiography..............
A breathtaking autobiography by Mary Crow Dog. This autobiography dipicts the life of an Native American in South Dakota in the seventies you see this through the eyes of a young... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 17. Februar 1999 veröffentlicht
A young woman who joins the AIM movement in the 1970's
I really enjoyed this autobiography because it describes Mary's early life, her inside view of what transpired at wounded knee and the birth of her son during the gunfire at... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 26. November 1998 veröffentlicht
A hard story about modern day struggles in the United States
Mary Crow Dog highlights the cruel depths of intrigue and depravity that the U.S. government and ciitzens, including some natives can sink to. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 14. Juli 1998 veröffentlicht
One of the best books I've ever read about Native Americans
Mary doesn't hold anything back in this book, she tells it like it is, even the bad the stuff. She is honest about her life and the life of those around her. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 10. Juli 1998 veröffentlicht
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