owing up to resent authority, and, through it all, reminded daily of her once-proud heritage which she, and others like her, seek to reclaim.
Chapter after chapter describes the hardships on the reservation. It even begins with her having her first baby during a fire fight, with the bullets from U.S. marshals zinging through the windows. From the beginning, this is truly an inflammatory tale that reads almost like fiction. In fact, there are many Americans who prefer to read about Native Americans in western novels, or see them pursued by John Wayne and General Custer.
This book explains, in simple detail, what AIM- the American Indian Movement is all about. It is, as far as the Indians are concerned, not revenge for past injustice, but a means of getting what they feel they rightfully deserve. She quotes one of the AIM leaders, Dennis Banks: "They call us the New Indians. Hell, we are the old Indians, the landlords of this continent, coming to collect the rent." (Crow Dog 1990 73)
The AIM leaders awakened her, and others, when they talked about subjects that had been covert until then: sovereignty, genocide, Indian leaders selling out and "kissing white man's ass".
The AIM leaders awakened her, and others, when they talked about subjects that had been covert until then: sovereignty, genocide, Indian leaders selling out and "kissing white man's ass". AIM was born in 1968. Mary was 15 then. It got started, she tells us, mostly in Minnesota
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