Brave Bird, Mary
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Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Brave Bird, Mary
Other forms of name
Bird, Mary Brave
Crow Dog, Mary
Mary Brave Bird
Moore-Richard, Mary Ellen
Richard, Mary Ellen Moore-
Date of birth
1954-09-26
Date of death
2013-02-14
Place of birth
Pine Ridge (S.D.)
Place of death
Crystal Lake, Nev.
Associate group
American Indian Movement
Occupation
Indian activists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Her Lakota woman, 1990:CIP t.p. (Mary Crow Dog) bk. p. 1, etc. (Mary Brave Bird; Sioux)
- Her Lakota woman, 1991:CIP t.p. (Mary Crow Dog) data sheet (b. 9/26/54)
- Ohitika woman, 1994:CIP t.p. (Mary Brave Bird) pub. info. (Mary Brave Bird, formerly Mary Crow Dog, no longer married to Leonard Crow Dog)
- New York times (online), viewed Mar. 4, 2013(in obituary published Mar. 3: Mary Ellen Moore-Richard; b. Sept. 26, 1954, Pine Ridge [S.D.]; m. Leonard Crow Dog; d. Feb. 14, Crystal Lake, Nev., aged 58; member of the American Indian Movement during its militant actions of the 1970s; under the name Mary Crow Dog, later wrote a well-received memoir, Lakota woman; known throughout her life by several names, including Mary Brave Bird and Mary Crow Dog)
Wikipedia description:
Mary Brave Bird, also known as Mary Brave Woman Olguin and Mary Crow Dog (September 26, 1954 – February 14, 2013) was a Sicangu Lakota writer and activist who was a member of the American Indian Movement during the 1970s and participated in some of their most publicized events, including the Wounded Knee Incident when she was 18 years old. Brave Bird lived with her youngest children on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota. Her 1990 memoir Lakota Woman won an American Book Award in 1991, became a national bestseller, and was adapted as a made-for-TV-movie in 1994.
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