Mary Brave Bird quotes

To me, women's lib was mainly a white, upper-middle class affair of little use to a reservation Indian woman. (Mary Brave Bird)
We did freak out the honkies. We were feared throughout the Dakotas. I could never figure out why this should have been so. We were always the victims. We never maimed or killed. It was we who died or got crippled. View quote
Mary Brave Bird
The blacks want what the whites have, which is understandable. They want in. We Indians want out! View quote
Mary Brave Bird
I could not help noticing the great role women played in Pueblo society. Women owned the houses and actually built them. Children often got their mother's last name, not their father's. Sons joined their mother's clans. It made me a little jealous. View quote
Mary Brave Bird

Mary Brave Bird

Occupation: Author
Born: September 26, 1954
Died: February 14, 2013
Quotes count: 4
Wikipedia: Mary Brave Bird

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