![]() ![]() ![]() It starred Irene Bedard who would also later provide the speaking voice of Pocahontas in the 1995 Disney animation Pocahontas. ![]() The book inspired the 1994 film Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee produced by TNT and Jane Fonda. This first Crow Dog chief became famous after being a part of many historic incidents, from when he led the Ghost Dancers to when the Supreme Court freed him. Lakota Woman won the 1991 American Book Award. Mary Crow Dog introduces herself as Mary Brave Bird, a Lakota woman. Born in Austria and author of over 21 books, Erdoes was a longtime friend of Brave Bird and also helped her publish her other memoir, Ohitika Woman. Richard Erdoes (1912-2008) edited the book. She describes her involvement in the Native American Church. She also writes about her marriage to Leonard Crow Dog, the spiritual leader of AIM. Lakota Woman describes Brave Bird's participation in the 1972 Trail of Broken Treaties and the 1973 Indian Occupation at Wounded Knee. 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 is a memoir by Mary Brave Bird, a Sicangu Lakota who was formerly known as Mary Crow Dog. ![]()
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