Description |
xi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
Series |
American Indian literature and critical studies series ; volume 67
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American Indian literature and critical studies series ; v. 67.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-265) and index. |
Summary |
Red Bird, Red Power tells the story of one of the most influential - and controversial - American Indian activists of the twentieth century. Zitkala-Sa (1876-1938), also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was a highly gifted writer, editor, and musician who dedicated her life to achieving justice for Native peoples. Here, Tadeusz Lewandowski offers the first full-scale biography of the woman whose passionate commitment to improving the lives of her people propelled her to the forefront of Progressive-era reform movements. -- back cover. |
Contents |
Prologue: an Indian's awakening -- The school days of an Indian girl -- Carlisle and the Atlantic Monthly -- Montezuma and the rebellion -- Uintah -- The Sun Dance opera and the peyote "menace" -- New opportunities, new trials -- In the Society of American Indians -- In Washington at war -- The peyote clash -- Forging a plan of resistance -- Oklahoma -- Princess Zitkala-Ša and the National Council of American Indians -- The final diaries -- Conclusion: Zitkala-Ša and red power. |
Local Note |
Women of Color in the Suffrage Movement Collection. Funded by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities through the Women's Suffrage & Beyond Program Award (2020). https://guides.rider.edu/wcsm |
Subject |
Zitkala-S̈a, 1876-1938.
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Zitkala-S̈a, 1876-1938. |
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Yankton women -- Biography.
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Yankton women. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
Yankton Indians -- Biography.
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Yankton Indians. |
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Indian women authors -- Biography.
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Indian women authors. |
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Indian women activists -- Biography.
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Indian women activists. |
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Political activists -- United States -- Biography.
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Political activists. |
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United States. |
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Yankton Indians -- Civil rights.
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Civil rights. |
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Yankton Indians -- Government relations.
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Yankton Indians -- Government relations. |
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Indians, Treatment of -- Great Plains.
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Indians, Treatment of. |
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Great Plains. |
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Indian musicians -- Biography.
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Indian musicians. |
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Women musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Women musicians. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Added Title |
Life and legacy of Zitkala-Ša |
ISBN |
0806164530 paper |
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9780806164533 paper |
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