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American Indian Stories
American Indian Stories
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A groundbreaking Dakota author and activist chronicles her refusal to assimilate into nineteenth-century white society and her mission to preserve her culture--with an introduction by Layli Long Soldier, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award for Whereas Bright and carefree, Zitk la-S grows up on the Yankton Sioux reservation in South Dakota with her mother until Quaker missionaries arrive, offering the reservation's children a free education. The catch: They must leave their parents behind and travel to Indiana. Curious about the world beyond the reservation, Zitk la-S begs her mother to let her go--and her mother, aware of the advantages that an education offers, reluctantly agrees. But the missionary school is not the adventure that Zitk la-S expected: The school is a strict one, her long hair is cut short, and only English is spoken. She encounters racism and ridicule. Slowly, Zitk la-S adapts to her environment--excelling at her studies, winning prizes for essay-writing and oration. But the price of success is estrangement from her cultural roots--and is it one she is willing to pay? Combining Zitk la-S 's childhood memories, her short stories, and her poetry, American Indian Stories is the origin story of an activist in the making, a remarkable woman whose extraordinary career deserves wider recognition. The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance.
Author: Zitkala-Sa
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 05/21/2019
Series: Modern Library Torchbearers
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781984854216
Author: Zitkala-Sa
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 05/21/2019
Series: Modern Library Torchbearers
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781984854216