The Roamer

“Zitkala-Ša (1876–1938) (Dakota: pronounced zitkála-ša, which translates to “Red Bird”), also known by the missionary-given name Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was a Sioux writer, editor, musician, teacher and political activist. She wrote several works chronicling her struggles in her youth as she was pulled back and forth between the influences of dominant American culture and her own Native American heritage, as well as books in English that brought traditional Native American stories to a widespread white readership for one of the first times.”

Photographed by Gertrude Käsebier.

10:46 AM on Wednesday 8th August 2012

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   Going to have to find some of her work myself. Always enjoy First Nations stories from the original sources.

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   That is simply an absolutely beautiful photograph. I vaguely remember reading some of her writings back in college in...

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