Mary Brave Bird, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mary Brave Bird

Lakota author and indigenous rights activist

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1954

Place of Birth: Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota, United States

Date of Death: 14-Feb-2013

Profession: writer, autobiographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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. 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.