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Mary Brave Bird (Mary Ellen Moore-Richard) was born on 26 September, 1954 in Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota, United States, is an Author and Activist. At 59 years old, Mary Brave Bird height not available right now. We will update Mary Brave Bird's height soon as possible.
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Popular As |
Mary Ellen Moore-Richard |
Occupation |
Author and Activist |
Mary Brave Bird Age |
59 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Libra |
Born |
26 September 1954 |
Birthday |
26 September |
Birthplace |
Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota, United States |
Date of death |
February 14, 2013, |
Died Place |
Crystal Lake, California, United States |
Nationality |
American |
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Who Is Mary Brave Bird's Husband?
Her husband is Rudi Olguin (m. 1991)
Family |
Parents |
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Husband |
Rudi Olguin (m. 1991) |
Sibling |
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Children |
Jennifer Crow Dog, Summer Rose Olguin, Pedro, June Bug Crow Dog, Anwah Crow Dog, Rudi Olguin |
Mary Brave Bird Net Worth
She net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-22. So, how much is Mary Brave Bird worth at the age of 59 years old? Mary Brave Bird’s income source is mostly from being a successful Author. She is from American. We have estimated
Mary Brave Bird's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2022 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
Salary in 2022 |
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Net Worth in 2021 |
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Brave Bird's memoir was adapted as the 1994 movie Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee, produced by TNT and Jane Fonda. The film starred Irene Bedard as Mary Brave Bird. The movie depicted the events that occurred during the 1973 uprising of the AIM (American Indian Movement) organization and their stand-off at Wounded Knee. Brave Bird has a cameo appearance in the film.
Brave Bird married AIM spiritual leader Leonard Crow Dog; the couple later divorced. In 1991, she married Rudy Olguin, but he was killed in a car accident weeks later. She had six children in total. She was a grandmother and remained active in the Native American Church.
Crow Dog and Brave Bird made cameo appearances in the 1991 Oliver Stone film The Doors.
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 and was adapted as a made-for-TV-movie in 1994.
Brave Bird was the author of two memoirs, Lakota Woman (1990) and Ohitika Woman (1993). Richard Erdoes, a long-time friend, helped edit the books. Lakota Woman was published under the name Mary Crow Dog and won the 1991 American Book Award. It describes her life until 1977. Ohitika Woman continues her life story.
In 1971 Brave Bird was inspired by a talk by Leonard Crow Dog and at age 18 joined the American Indian Movement (AIM). She participated in such historical events as the 1972 Trail of Broken Treaties and subsequent occupation of the BIA headquarters in Washington, DC. She was also part of the 1973 Occupation of Wounded Knee.
Brave Bird was influenced by several relatives who followed traditional practices, including her granduncle Dick Fool Bull, who introduced her to the Native American Church. During the 1960s, Brave Bird attended the St. Francis Indian School, in St. Francis, South Dakota, a Roman Catholic boarding school.
Mary Brave Bird, also known as Mary Brave Woman Olguin, 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.
Born Mary Ellen Moore-Richard in 1954 on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota, she was a member of the Sicangu Oyate, also known as the Burnt Thighs Nation or Brulé Band of Lakota. She was raised primarily by her grandparents while her mother studied in nursing school and was working.
Her books describe the conditions of the Lakota Indian and her experience growing up on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, as well as conditions in the neighboring Pine Ridge Indian Reservation under the leadership of tribal chairman Richard Wilson. She also covers aspects of the role of the FBI, the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs and the treatment of the Native Americans and their children in the mid-1900s. Her work focuses on themes of gender, identity, and race.