Ohitika Woman

Author : Mary Brave Bird,Richard Erdoes
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780802191564

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Ohitika Woman by Mary Brave Bird,Richard Erdoes Pdf

In this follow-up to her acclaimed memoir Lakota Woman, the bestselling author shares “a grim yet gripping account” of Native American life (The Boston Globe). In this stirring sequel to the now-classic Lakota Woman, Mary Brave Bird continues the chronicle of her life with the same grit, passion, and piercing insight. It is a tale of ancient glory and present anguish, of courage and despair, of magic and mystery, and, above all, of the survival of both body and mind. Having returned home from Wounded Knee in 1973 and gotten married to American Indian movement leader Leonard Crow Dog, Mary became a mother who had hope of a better life. But, as she says, “Trouble always finds me.” With brutal frankness she bares her innermost thoughts, recounting the dark as well as the bright moments in her tumultuous life. She talks about the stark truths of being a Native American living in a white-dominated society as well as her experience of being a mother, a woman, and, rarest of all, a Sioux feminist. Filled with contrasts, courage, and endurance, Ohitika Woman is a powerful testament to Mary’s will and spirit.

Author : Mary Crow Dog,Richard Erdoes
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780802191557

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Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog,Richard Erdoes Pdf

The bestselling memoir of a Native American woman’s struggles and the life she found in activism: “courageous, impassioned, poetic and inspirational” (Publishers Weekly). Mary Brave Bird grew up on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota in a one-room cabin without running water or electricity. With her white father gone, she was left to endure “half-breed” status amid the violence, machismo, and aimless drinking of life on the reservation. Rebelling against all this—as well as a punishing Catholic missionary school—she became a teenage runaway. Mary was eighteen and pregnant when the rebellion at Wounded Knee happened in 1973. Inspired to take action, she joined the American Indian Movement to fight for the rights of her people. Later, she married Leonard Crow Dog, the AIM’s chief medicine man, who revived the sacred but outlawed Ghost Dance. Originally published in 1990, Lakota Woman was a national bestseller and winner of the American Book Award. It is a story of determination against all odds, of the cruelties perpetuated against American Indians, and of the Native American struggle for rights. Working with Richard Erdoes, one of the twentieth century’s leading writers on Native American affairs, Brave Bird recounts her difficult upbringing and the path of her fascinating life.

Author : Heather Ostman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000467956

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American Women Activists and Autobiography by Heather Ostman Pdf

American Women Activists and Autobiography examines the feminist rhetorics that emerge in six very different activists’ autobiographies, as they simultaneously tell the stories of unconventional women’s lives and manifest the authors’ arguments for social and political change, as well as provide blueprints for creating tectonic shifts in American society. Exploring self-narratives by six diverse women at the forefront of radical social change since 1900—Jane Addams, Emma Goldman, Dorothy Day, Angela Davis, Mary Crow Dog, and Betty Friedan—the author offers a breadth of perspectives to current dialogues on motherhood, essentialism, race, class, and feminism, and highlights the shifts in situated feminist rhetorics through the course of the last one hundred years. This book is a timely instructional resource for all scholars and graduate students in rhetorical studies, composition, American literature, women's studies, feminist rhetorics, and social justice.

Author : A. Bery,P. Murray
Publisher : Springer
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000-03-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230599550

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Comparing Postcolonial Literatures by A. Bery,P. Murray Pdf

Bringing together a range of critics working on the hispanic and francophone as well as anglophone post-colonial regions, this book aims to dislocate some of the commonly accepted cultural, linguistic and geographical boundaries that have previously informed post-colonial studies. Collected essays include: cross-cultural comparisons from areas as diverse as Africa, Ireland and Latin America; analysis of specific texts as sites of border conflict; and revisions of post-colonial theoretical frameworks. A timely questioning of the categories of a critical field at the point when it is becoming increasingly comparative, this volume seeks to suggest more dynamic ways of working in post-colonial cultural studies.

Author : Mary Crow Dog,Richard Erdoes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3423305894

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Ohitika Woman by Mary Crow Dog,Richard Erdoes Pdf

Author : Cliff Trafzer,Donna L. Akers,Amanda Wixon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781793645418

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Indigenous Activism by Cliff Trafzer,Donna L. Akers,Amanda Wixon Pdf

Indigenous Activism profiles eighteen American Indian women of the twentieth century who distinguished themselves through their political activism. Authors analyze the colorful careers of selected Indigenous women of North America during the last century, including Ramona Bennet, Mary Crow Dog, Ada Deer, LaDonna Harris, Wilma Mankiller, Alyce Spotted Bear, Irene Toledo, Marie Potts, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, Harriette Shelton Dover, Lucy Covington, Dolly Smith Cusker Akers, Leslie Marmon Silko, Bea Medicine, and Elizabeth Cook-Lynn.

Author : Gretchen M. Bataille,Laurie Lisa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135955861

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Native American Women by Gretchen M. Bataille,Laurie Lisa Pdf

This A-Z reference contains 275 biographical entries on Native American women, past and present, from many different walks of life. Written by more than 70 contributors, most of whom are leading American Indian historians, the entries examine the complex and diverse roles of Native American women in contemporary and traditional cultures. This new edition contains 32 new entries and updated end-of-article bibliographies. Appendices list entries by area of woman's specialization, state of birth, and tribe; also includes photos and a comprehensive index.

Author : Edward J. Rielly
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313352102

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Legends of American Indian Resistance by Edward J. Rielly Pdf

This book describes the plight of Native Americans from the 17th through the 20th century as they struggled to maintain their land, culture, and lives, and the major Indian leaders who resisted the inevitable result. From the Indian Removal Act to the Battle of Little Bighorn to Geronimo's surrender in 1886, the story of how Europeans settled upon and eventually took over lands traditionally inhabited by American Indian peoples is long and troubling. This book discusses American Indian leaders over the course of four centuries, offering a chronological history of the Indian resistance effort. Legends of American Indian Resistance is organized in 12 chapters, each describing the life and accomplishments of a major American Indian resistance leader. Author Edward J. Rielly provides an engaging overview of the many systematic efforts to subjugate Native Americans and take possession of their valuable land and resources.

Author : Liz Sonneborn
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781438107882

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A to Z of American Indian Women by Liz Sonneborn Pdf

Presents a biographical dictionary profiling important Native American women, including birth and death dates, major accomplishments, and historical influence.

Author : Corbman, Marjorie
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608339709

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Divine Rage by Corbman, Marjorie Pdf

"Malcolm X asked: Does Christianity have nothing more to offer than spiritual "novocaine," enabling Black Americans to suffer peacefully?"--

Author : Petrillo, Larissa
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0803207417

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Being Lakota by Petrillo, Larissa Pdf

Being Lakota explores contemporary Lakota identity and tradition through the life-story narratives of Melda and Lupe Trejo. Melda Trejo, ne Red Bear (1939), is an Oglala Lakota from Pine Ridge Reservation, while Lupe Trejo (193899) is Mexican and a long-time resident at Pine Ridge.

Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-02T22:59:00Z
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9798822543201

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Summary of Mary Brave Bird's Ohitika Woman by Everest Media, Pdf

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I had become very depressed. I had no place to live, and my book had not sold well. I was constantly borrowing money from my co-author Richard. I was often getting drunk, and when I was, I would get rowdy and foul-mouthed. #2 I was partying with some friends on March 28 when I wrecked. I was taken to the tribal hospital, where they thought that my neck had been broken. I was flown to the big hospital at Sioux Falls. My mother came down from He Dog to be with me. #3 I had been going through a lot before the accident, and was depressed. I had been drinking heavily, and when I woke up after the surgery, I had a vision of my grandma, who had raised me, telling me to go back to the world and my responsibilities. #4 After the accident, I spent a month in the hospital. They put staples in my back and in other spots where I had surgery. I couldn’t move at all, and I had to call the nurse whenever I wanted to change position. I was eventually able to get around, but I was restless and tired of being cooped up in a hospital.

Author : Rose Mitchell
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0826322034

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Tall Woman by Rose Mitchell Pdf

Portrays Navajo weaver and midwife Tall Woman, who held onto traditional Navajo ways, raised twelve children, and cared for the farm throughout her marriage to political leader and Blessingway singer Frank Mitchell.

Author : Gordon Moris Bakken,Brenda Farrington
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003-06-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 076192356X

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Encyclopedia of Women in the American West by Gordon Moris Bakken,Brenda Farrington Pdf

American women have followed their "manifest destiny" since the 1800's, moving West to homestead, found businesses, author novels and write poetry, practice medicine and law, preach and perform missionary work, become educators, artists, judges, civil rights activists, and many other important roles spurred on by their strength, spirit, and determination.

Author : Devon Abbott Mihesuah
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0803282869

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Indigenous American Women by Devon Abbott Mihesuah Pdf

Oklahoma Choctaw scholar Devon Abbott Mihesuah offers a frank and absorbing look at the complex, evolving identities of American Indigenous women today, their ongoing struggles against a centuries-old legacy of colonial disempowerment, and how they are seen and portrayed by themselves and others. ø Mihesuah first examines how American Indigenous women have been perceived and depicted by non-Natives, including scholars, and by themselves. She then illuminates the pervasive impact of colonialism and patriarchal thought on Native women?s traditional tribal roles and on their participation in academia. Mihesuah considers how relations between Indigenous women and men across North America continue to be altered by Christianity and Euro-American ideologies. Sexism and violence against Indigenous women has escalated; economic disparities and intratribal factionalism and ?culturalism? threaten connections among women and with men; and many women suffer from psychological stress because their economic, religious, political, and social positions are devalued. ø In the last section, Mihesuah explores how modern American Indigenous women have empowered themselves tribally, nationally, or academically. Additionally, she examines the overlooked role that Native women played in the Red Power movement as well as some key differences between Native women "feminists" and "activists."