American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other WritingsA thought-provoking collection of searing prose from a Dakota Sioux woman that covers race, identity, assimilation, and perceptions of Native American culture Zitkala-Sa (also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin) wrestled with the conflicting influences of American Indian and white culture throughout her life. Raised on a Sioux reservation, she was educated at boarding schools that enforced assimilation and was witness to major events in white-Indian relations in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Tapping her troubled personal history, Zitkala-Sa created stories that illuminate the tragedy and complexity of the American Indian experience. In evocative prose laced with political savvy, she forces new thinking about the perceptions, assumptions, and customs of both Sioux and white cultures and raises issues of assimilation, identity, and race relations that remain compelling today. |
Contents
Introduction | xi |
Suggestions for Further Reading | xxxvii |
Chronology | xli |
A Note on the Texts | xlv |
OLD INDIAN LEGENDS | 1 |
Preface | 5 |
Iktomi and the Ducks | 7 |
Iktomis Blanket | 13 |
JanuaryMarch 1916 | 164 |
OctoberDecember 1916 | 168 |
JanuaryMarch 1917 | 173 |
JulySeptember 1917 | 175 |
OctoberDecember 1917 | 179 |
JulySeptember 1918 | 181 |
JulySeptember 1918 | 184 |
JulySeptember 1918 | 187 |
Iktomi and the Muskrat | 16 |
Iktomi and the Coyote | 19 |
Iktomi and the Fawn | 22 |
The Badger and the Bear | 27 |
The TreeBound | 33 |
Shooting of the Red Eagle | 39 |
Iktomi and the Turtle | 42 |
Dance in a Buffalo Skull | 45 |
The Toad and the Boy | 47 |
Iya the CampEater | 51 |
Manstin the Rabbit | 56 |
The Warlike Seven | 61 |
AMERICAN INDIAN STORIES | 65 |
Impressions of an Indian Childhood | 68 |
The School Days of an Indian Girl | 87 |
An Indian Teacher Among Indians | 104 |
The Great Spirit | 114 |
The SoftHearted Sioux | 118 |
The Trial Path | 127 |
A Warriors Daughter | 132 |
A Dream of Her Grandfather | 141 |
The Widespread Enigma Concerning BlueStar Woman | 143 |
Americas Indian Problem | 155 |
SELECTIONS FROM AMERICAN INDIAN MAGAZINE | 161 |
Winter 1919 | 191 |
Winter 1919 | 193 |
Winter 1919 | 196 |
Winter 1919 | 199 |
Spring 1919 | 201 |
Summer 1919 | 207 |
Spring 1919 | 212 |
Summer 1919 | 213 |
POETRY PAMPHLETS ESSAYS AND SPEECHES | 219 |
March 1896 | 222 |
January 1897 | 227 |
November 1898 | 234 |
August 1902 | 235 |
ca 1916 | 239 |
1921 | 242 |
1921 | 245 |
1922 | 247 |
1922 | 250 |
1922 | 254 |
1921 | 258 |
1922 | 260 |
Explanatory Notes | 263 |
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