{"product_id":"lakota-woman-paperback","title":"Lakota Woman - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Crow Dog\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Erdoes\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling memoir of a Native American woman's struggles and the life she found in activism: \"courageous, impassioned, poetic and inspirational\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Brave Bird\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eOhitika Woman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLakota Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, a national bestseller and winner of The American Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Erdoes\u003c\/b\u003e (1912-2008) was one of America's leading writers on Native American affairs. A prominent illustrator and photographer, Erdoes was the author of more than thirty books, including \u003ci\u003eLame Deer, Seeker of Visions; American Indian Trickster Tales;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOhitika Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (with Mary Brave Bird).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52554384441637,"sku":"9780802145420","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/2487\/2485\/files\/6-w01-yEg-9780802145420.webp?v=1781356497","url":"https:\/\/c4lhome.com\/products\/lakota-woman-paperback","provider":" Companion for Life Five Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}