Ella Deloria could speak intimately about Indian ways because she
belonged to a Yankton Sioux family. A distinguished scholar who
studied with Franz Boas at Columbia University, she had the gift of
language and the understanding necessary to bridge races.
Originally published in 1944, this book is an important source of
information about Dakota culture and a classic in its elegant
clarity of insight.
Beginning with a general discussion of American Indian origins,
language families, and culture areas, Deloria then focuses on her
own people, the Dakotas, and the intricate kinship system that
governed all aspects of their life. She writes, "Exacting and
unrelenting obedience to kinship demands made the Dakotas a most
kind, unselfish people, always acutely aware of those about them
and innately courteous."
Deloria goes on to show the painful transition to reservations and
how the holdover of the kinship system worked against Indians
trying to follow white notions of progress and success. Her ideas
about what both races must do to participate fully in American life
are as cogent now as when they were first written.
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