The Woman Who Turned Herself Into Stone
September 23, 2023
Mary Louise Defender Wilson grew up in a family of Dakotah/Hidatsa storytellers and midwives on the Standing Rock (Sioux Reservation in North Dakota.
Mary Louise Defender Wilson grew up in a family of Dakotah/Hidatsa storytellers and midwives on the Standing Rock (Sioux) Reservation in North Dakota. She began telling her tribes ancient narratives as a young girl. Mary Louise shares exerpts from the traditional "The Woman Who Turned Herself Into Stone."