Zitkala-Ša recalls her mother’s canvas wigwam by the Missouri, the legends told at night and her first beadwork, then the shock of a Quaker missionary school in Indiana, where her long hair was cut. Later chapters follow her years as a teacher among Native children and gather stories and essays on Dakota life and government policy.
A powerful early Native American voice on assimilation and loss, beautifully written. Download the free EPUB.