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Mary Brave Bird

Mary Brave Bird Books

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Mary Brave Bird, an American writer, was born on September 26, 1954, and passed away on February 14, 2013. Her works primarily focus on the lives and experiences of Native Americans, presenting a little-known world to readers with her unique perspective and profound insights.

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“To me, women's lib was mainly a white, upper-middle class affair of little use to a reservation Indian woman.”

Littles Use White Class Middle Affair Indian Middle Class Reservations Upper Middle Class

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“I have become an environmentalist, because it is over the environment that the last of the Indian Wars will be fought.”

War Lasts Environment Indian Environmentalist

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“There is Indian time and white man's time. Indian time means never looking at the clock. ... There is not even a word for time in our language.”

Men Mean Time Language White Indian Clock White Man

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“People who want to be tattooed don't always have good taste.”

People Want Taste Good Taste Tattooed

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“We didn't have a generation gap, we had a generation Grand Canyon.”

Generations Gaps Canyons Grand Canyon Generation Gap

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“After macrobiotics, Zen, and channeling, the "poor Vanishing Indian" is once more the subject of "deep and meaningful conversation" in the high rises.”

Culture Justice Poor Subjects Conversation Diversity Social Justice Meaningful Indian Channeling Vanishing Meaningful Conversations Deep And Meaningful

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“The land is sacred. These words are at the core of your being. The land is our mother, the rivers our blood. Take our land away and we die. That is, the Indian in us dies.”

Inspirational Mother Dies Environment Blood Land Rivers Sacred Core Indian Native American Earth Day Native American Wisdom Native America Native American Indian Native American Earth Native Land

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“Moral power is always more dangerous to an oppressor than political force.”

Political Force Moral Dangerous Oppressors

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“The thing to keep in mind is that laws are framed by those who happen to be in power and for the purpose of keeping them in power.”

Mind Happens Law Purpose Framed

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About the Author

Born: September 26, 1954
Died: February 14, 2013
Known for: Writer
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