Ohitika woman / Mary Brave Bird with Richard Erdoes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brave Bird, Mary, author.

Erdoes, Richard, 1912-2008, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brulé women--Biography.

Brulé women.

Brulé Indians--Politics and government.

Brulé Indians.

American Indian Movement.

Brave Bird, Mary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Grove Press, [1993]

Summary:

"Ohitika Woman might be the nonfiction find of the year." --Houston Chronicle The beloved sequel to the now-classic Lakota Woman, Ohitika Woman follows Mary Brave Bird as she continues her powerful, dramatic 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. Coming home from Wounded Knee in 1973, married to American Indian movement leader Leonard Crow Dog, Mary was a mother with the 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 always eventful life. She not only talks about the stark truths of being a Native American living in a white-dominated society but also addresses the 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.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Also by Richard Erdoes

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Instead of a Foreword

Chapter One: Like a Candle in a Storm

Chapter Two: Ancestors

Chapter Three: A Little Backtracking

Chapter Four: Life in Paradise

Chapter Five: Womb Power

Chapter Six: Song of the Waterbird

Chapter Seven: Peyote Memories

Chapter Eight: Wrapped in a Hot, White Cloud

Chapter Nine: Ceremonies

Chapter Ten: The Granddaddy of Them All

Chapter Eleven: Big Mountain

Chapter Twelve: Under the Tempe Bridge

Chapter Thirteen: Living on Beer, Commodities, and Love

Chapter Fourteen: On a Tear

Chapter Fifteen: Bleeding Always Stops If You Press Down Hard Enough

Chapter Sixteen: Moon Power

Chapter Seventeen: The Land Is Our Blood

Chapter Eighteen: Selling the Medicine

Chapter Nineteen: A New Love

Chapter Twenty: The Iron House

Chapter Twenty-One: Skin Art

Chapter Twenty-Two: Here and Now.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780802191564

0802191568

OCLC:

897504893