Old Indian Legends (Bison Classic Editions) - Softcover

Zitkala-Sa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803299036 ISBN 13: 9780803299030

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 2013

Synopsis

Early in the twentieth century, a Sioux woman named Zitkala-Sa published these fourteen Native legends that she had learned during her own childhood on the Yankton Reservation. Her writing talent, developed during her education back east, was put to good use in recording from oral tradition the exploits of Iktomi the trickster, Eya the glutton, the Dragon Fly, and other magical and mysterious figures, human and animal, known to the Sioux. Until her death in 1938, Zitkala-Sa stood between two cultures as preserver and translator.

About this title

Synopsis:

"Like all folk tales they mirror the child life of the world. There is in them a note of wild, strange music...I have read them with exquisite pleasure." - Helen Keller. "The legends are told in an easy, engaging style with a certain dramatic power." - Agnes M. Picotte, University of South Dakota. Early in the century a magnificent Sioux woman named Zitkala-Sa published these legends that she learned during her childhood on the Yankton Reservation. Her eastern education developed a writing talent that was put to good use in recording from oral tradition the exploits of Iktomi the trickster, Eya the glutton, the Dragon Fly, the Blood Clot boy, and other magical and mysterious figures, human and animal, known to the Sioux. Until her death in 1938, Zitkala-Sa stood between two cultures as preserver and translator. Zitkala-ea (also known as Gertrude Bonnin) later published the largely autobiographical "American Indian Stories", also available as a Bison Book.

About the Author:

Zitkala-Sa (1876-1938), also known as Gertrude Bonnin, was a Sioux writer, teacher, musician, and activist who founded the National Council of American Indians in 1926. She is the author of American Indian Stories and Dreams and Thunder: Stories, Poems, and "The Sun Dance Opera," both available in Bison Books editions. Agnes M. Picotte is a teacher at the Red Cloud Indian School and has contributed to many volumes, including Ella Deloria's Waterlily, available in a Bison Books edition. Angel De Cora (1871-1919) was a Winnebago painter and illustrator. An activist for Native American rights, she also established and taught in the first "Native Indian" art department at Carlisle Indian School.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0803299036
• ISBN 13: 9780803299030
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216