Ohitika Woman

By: Mary Brave Bird, Richard Erdoes

Narrated by: Emily Durante

The beloved sequel to the now-classic Lakota Woman, Ohitika Woman follows Mary Brave Bird as she continues her powerful, dramatic tale of ancient glory and present anguish, of courage and despair, of magic and mystery, and, above all, of the survival of both body and mind.

Coming home from Wounded Knee in 1973, married to American Indian movement leader Leonard Crow Dog, Mary was a mother with the hope of a better life. But, as she says, "Trouble always finds me." With brutal frankness she bares her innermost thoughts, recounting the dark as well as the bright moments in her always eventful life. She not only talks about the stark truths of being a Native American living in a white-dominated society but also addresses the experience of being a mother, a woman, and, rarest of all, a Sioux feminist.

Filled with contrasts, courage, and endurance, Ohitika Woman is a powerful testament to Mary's will and spirit.

©1993 Mary Brave Bird and Richard Erdoes. Recorded by arrangement with Grove Atlantic, Inc. (P)2015 Audible Inc.

Critic reviews

"Ohitika Woman might be the nonfiction find of the year." (Houston Chronicle)

Interesting Listen

Took the story with me on my long 8 hour trip, finished it and was pleasantly surprised by it. I had read Lakota Woman in paperback before. She explains her life without hindrance and explains the life of how it was back then, and frankly for some; it still is today. Well done.

Ohitika Woman

I loved this story. It was very interesting and well narrated.I definitely recommend this book. I would love for Mary Bravebird to write more books.

wopila yelo

I love the book this is the second book of Mary's that I have read