Lakota Woman

Lakota Woman

by

Mary Crow Dog

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Upside-down American Flag

The upside-down American flag symbolizes white society and the U.S. government’s upheaval of Native Americans’ lives, as well as Native American activist’s desire to upend “White American” in turn. Mary describes the upside-down American flag…

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Christian Churches

In Lakota Woman, Christian churches symbolize white society’s imposition on indigenous people’s culture. Forcing Native Americans to convert to Christianity was one way in which white settlers imposed their culture on indigenous people. In…

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