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Red bird, red power : the life and legacy of Zitkala-Ša / Tadeusz Lewandowski.

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780806151786 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0806151781 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-265) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject:
Zitkala-S̈a, 1876-1938.
Yankton women > Biography.
Yankton Indians > Biography.
Indian women authors > Biography.
Indian women activists > Biography.
Political activists > United States > Biography.
Yankton Indians > Civil rights.
Yankton Indians > Government relations.
Indians, Treatment of > Great Plains.
Indian musicians > Biography.
Women musicians > United States > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Native Americans.
HISTORY / Native American.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
Indian musicians.
Indian women activists.
Indian women authors.
Indians, Treatment of.
Political activists.
Women musicians.
Yankton Indians.
Yankton Indians > Government relations.
Yankton women.
Great Plains.
United States.
Genre:
Biographies.
Biography.
Biography.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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