Ella Cara Deloria
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Language, Linguistics, Philology
- Subcategories: Novelists, Short Story Writers, Teaching, Teachers, Native Americans, American Indians, Anthropology, Anthropologists
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present, American Indian History, Women's history
Article abstract: Ella Deloria collected and translated numerous traditional Sioux stories and beliefs; she was a leading authority on Sioux culture, and posthumously she was recognized as a novelist.
When Ella Cara Deloria was born in 1888 on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, the Sioux population was nearing its nadir. (The Wounded Knee Massacre in South Dakota occurred the following year.) Deloria's parents were determined that the Sioux culture would thrive in their household. Deloria's mother, Mary (Sully Bordeaux), reared the family in the...
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