书目

Lakota Woman

内容简介

AuniqueautobiographyunparalleledinAmericanIndianliterature,andadeeplymovingaccountofawoman'striumphantstruggletosurviveinahostileworld.

作者简介

MaryBraveBirdgrewupfatherlessinaone-roomcabin,withoutrunningwaterorelectricityonaSouthDakotareservation.Rebellingagainsttheaimlessdrinking,punishingmissionaryschool,narrowstricturesforwomen,andviolenceandhopelessnessofreservationlife,shejoinedthenewmovementoftribalpridesweepingNativeAmericancommunitiesinthesixtiesandseventiesandeventuallymarriedLeonardCrowDog,themovement'schiefmedicineman,whorevivedthesacredbutoutlawedGhostDance.

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