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American Indian Stories

American Indian Stories

American Indian Stories

Zitkala-Sa

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Editorial:
Cosimo
Año de edición:
2009
Materia
Mitos y leyendas narrados como ficción
ISBN:
9781605203775
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Sobre IBD

Part autobiographical and part folkloric, these essays and stories by the Lakota Zitkala-Sa, or 'Red Bird'-the pen name of Native American writer and activist GERTRUDE SIMMONS BONNIN (1876-1938)-are renowned for being among the first works of contemporary Native American history, culture, and experience to come direct from a Native American, unedited and uninfluenced by outsiders.This 1921 collection-some of which originally appeared in magazines including The Atlantic Monthly and Harper’s-includes:• 'The School Days of an Indian Girl'• 'An Indian Teacher Among Indians'• 'The Great Spirit'• 'The Soft-Hearted Sioux'• 'A Warrior’s Daughter'• 'A Dream of Her Grandfather'• 'The Widespread Enigma of Blue-Star Woman'• and more.

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