Mary Brave Bird
Mary Brave Bird | |
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Born | Mary Ellen Moore-Richard September 26, 1954 Rosebud Sioux Tribe, American |
Other names | Mary Crow Dog Ohitika Win Brave Woman Mary Brave Woman Olguin |
Occupation(s) | Author and Activist |
Known for | Lakota Woman American Indian Movement |
Spouse(s) | Leonard Crow Dog (divorced) Rudi Olguin (separated) |
Children |
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Mary Brave Bird, also known as Mary Brave Woman Olguin and Mary Crow Dog (September 26, 1954 – February 14, 2013
Brave Bird lived with her youngest children on the
Early life and education
Born Mary Ellen Moore-Richard in 1954 on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota, she was a member of the Sicangu Oyate, also known as the Burnt Thighs Nation or Brulé Band of Lakota.[3] She was raised primarily by her grandparents while her mother studied in nursing school and was working.[4]
Brave Bird was influenced by several relatives who followed traditional practices, including her granduncle Dick Fool Bull, who introduced her to the Native American Church. During the 1960s, Brave Bird attended the St. Francis Indian School, in St. Francis, South Dakota, a Roman Catholic boarding school.[4] While attending, she published a newspaper revealing the nature of how the school abused and stripped the students of their native culture. As punishment, she was beaten by the teachers.[5]
Career
In 1971 Brave Bird was inspired by a talk by
Marriage and family
Brave Bird married AIM spiritual leader Leonard Crow Dog; the couple later divorced. [3] In 1991, she married Rudy Olguin, they had Summer Olguin in 1991 and later their second, Rudy Olguin.[4][6] She had six children in total. She was a grandmother and remained active in the Native American Church.[7]
Writing career
Brave Bird was the author of two memoirs,
Her books describe the conditions of the
Crow Dog and Brave Bird made cameo appearances in the 1991 Oliver Stone film The Doors.[7]
Movie
Brave Bird's memoir was adapted as the 1994 movie
Published works
- Brave Bird, Mary, with Richard Erdoes. Ohitika Woman. New York: Grove Press, 1993. LCCN 92--46169
- Crow Dog, Mary, with Richard Erdoes. Lakota Woman. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. ISBN 978-0-8021-9155-7(ebook)
References
- ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF).
- ^ a b "Mary Ellen Moore-Richard." Archived 2013-03-05 at the Wayback Machine KVSH 940 AM; retrieved March 15, 2015.
- ^ a b Lorentz, Melissa. "First Nations of Minnesota: Famous Lakota" Archived 2009-02-20 at the Wayback Machine, EMuseum @ Minnesota State University, Mankato. 2008, retrieved March 15, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f Bataille, Gretchen M. and Laurie Lisa. Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Oxford: Taylor and Francis, 2001: 50-51.
- ^ Yardley, William (2 March 2013). "Mary Ellen Moore-Richard, American Indian Memoirist, Dies at 58". The New York Times].
- ^ leeanne. "Mary Brave Bird, Author of Lakota Woman, Walks On". Indian Country Today Media Network.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
- ^ a b c Wise, Christopher, and R. Todd Wise. "Mary Brave Bird Speaks: A Brief Interview", The American Indian Quarterly 24.3 (2000): 482-493
- ^ Petrillo, Larissa. (1996). The life stories of a woman from Rosebud: Names and naming in 'Lakota Woman' and 'Ohitika Woman' (M.A. thesis) Wilfrid Laurier University.
Further reading
- Bataille, Gretchen M; Lisa, Laurie (2005). Native American women : a biographical dictionary (Second ed.). New York: Taylor & Francis e-Library. pp. 65–66. ISBN 9781135955878.
External links
- Mary Crow Dog at IMDb
- Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee at IMDb