and they all fought collectively against White America.One of the most important things that the American Indian Movement did for Mary Crow dog was it made her more willing to fight for Indian rights. For example, she protested in Washington with AIM and she was part of the native people that took over the Bureau of Indian Affairs building. She was also ready to fight the system so bad that she became sober and at the same time vowed to have her baby at Wounded Knee. Her staying at Wounded Knee and becoming the first Indian woman to have a baby there showed a lot of courage and it proves the point that she was ready to fight for Indian rights.Being part of the American Indian movement gave Mary Crow Dog a new perspective on what it meant to be an Indian woman in American society and it made her more willing to fight for the rights of her people because she realized that she wanted out of American society at all cost. ...
