Lakota Woman Quotes

In the novel Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog, it tells the life story of Mary "Brave Woman" Crow Dog. However, her story shows not only the happiness but the pain her and a lot of others felt. It also revealed he struggle of the Sioux as they waver between embracing the white man's ways and maintaining their ancestral traditions. Mary’s experiences show struggle, pain and determination in hopes of getting the reader to see both sides of the Indian movement. “The fight for our land is at the core of our existence, as it has been for the last two hundred years. Once the land is gone, then we are gone too” (Chapter 1, pg. 10-11), expressing the actions one had to go through to try and save their land. Not knowing how to fully grasp the answers they needed to gain their land back many resulted to doing things to ease the pain, such as alcohol. "I started drinking because it was the natural way of life." (Chapter 4, pg. 45) showing that a …show more content…
When you’re taught in class about the Native Americans, you’re taught the negative side of them, such as they were alcoholics, they were very violent and they didn’t want to leave when we “earned” our land peacefully. That wasn’t the real issue at hand. Lakota Woman, written by Mary Crow Dog, describes Sioux traditions, painful Indian history and the Indian’s constant battle to win equality in America. Mary Crow Dog uses her personal experiences to give an Indian perspective on these issues. By using first hand experiences, Mary helps to give the book credibility. Even if people in today’s society doesn’t know much, or even in some cases doesn’t care about what was happening during that time, it is important to know and understand what happened and how much on an impact it had on many Native American lives, even to this day, Lakota woman illustrates just