Red bird, red power : the life and legacy of Zitkala-Ša

Lewandowski, Tadeusz 1973- (author.).

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: print
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.