Ella Cara Deloria devoted much of her life to the study of the
language and culture of the Sioux (Dakota and Lakota). The Dakota
Way of Life is the result of the long history of her ethnographic
descriptions of traditional Dakota culture and social life. Deloria
was the most prolific Native scholar of the greater Sioux Nation,
and the results of her work comprise an essential source for the
study of the greater Sioux Nation culture and language. For years
she collected material for a study that would document the
variations from group to group. Tragically, her manuscript was not
published during her lifetime, and at the end of her life all of
her major works remained unpublished. Deloria was a perfectionist
who worked slowly and cautiously, attempting to be as objective as
possible and revising multiple times. As a result, her work is
invaluable. Her detailed cultural descriptions were intended less
for purposes of cultural preservation than for practical
application. Deloria was a scholar through and through, and yet she
never let her dedication to scholarship overwhelm her sense of
responsibility as a Dakota woman, with family concerns taking
precedence over work. Her constant goal was to be an interpreter of
an American Indian reality to others. Her studies of the Sioux are
a monument to her talent and industry.
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