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American Indian Stories, Legends and Other Writings (Paperback): Zitkala-Sa American Indian Stories, Legends and Other Writings (Paperback)
Zitkala-Sa; Edited by Cathy N. Davidson, Ada Norris 1
R450 R372 Discovery Miles 3 720 Save R78 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Zitkala-Sa wrestled with the conflicting influences of American Indian and white culture throughout her life. Raised on a Sioux reservation, she was educated at boarding schools that enforced assimilation and was witness to major events in white-Indian relations in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Tapping her troubled personal history, Zitkala-Sa created stories that illuminate the tragedy and complexity of the American Indian experience. In evocative prose laced with political savvy, she forces new thinking about the perceptions, assumptions, and customs of both Sioux and white cultures and raises issues of assimilation, identity, and race relations that remain compelling today.

American Indian Stories (Paperback): Zitkala-Sa American Indian Stories (Paperback)
Zitkala-Sa; Contributions by Mint Editions
R184 R159 Discovery Miles 1 590 Save R25 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

American Indian Stories (1921) is a collection of stories and essays from Yankton Dakota writer Zitkala-Sa. Published while Zitkala-Sa was at the height of her career as an artist and activist, American Indian Stories collects the author's personal experiences, the legends and stories passed down through Sioux oral tradition, and her own reflections on the mistreatment of American Indians nationwide. In "My Mother," Zitkala-Sa remembers the walk she would take with her mother to the river, where they would gather water to use in their wigwam. This simple chore becomes a cherished tradition between the two, allowing Zitkala-Sa's mother to educate her on the circumstances that led their people to the reservation, depriving them of land and life itself. "The Legends" traces Zitkala-Sa's childhood experience of learning from the oral tradition passed down from the Dakota elders. In "The Coffee Making," she remembers the first time she made coffee. While her mother has gone out for the day, an elder pays a visit to their wigwam. Remembering that her mother usually makes coffee for visitors, Zitkala-Sa attempts to play hostess to her visitor, who humors her and takes the time to share stories about his life and their people. American Indian Stories is a charming and politically conscious collection of stories from one of the leading American Indian writers of her generation, a committed activist and true voice for change who saw through her own eyes the lives and experiences of countless others. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Zitkala-Sa's American Indian Stories is a classic of American Indian literature reimagined for modern readers.

Old Indian Legends (Paperback): Zitkala-Sa Old Indian Legends (Paperback)
Zitkala-Sa; Contributions by Mint Editions
R157 R130 Discovery Miles 1 300 Save R27 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Old Indian Legends (1901) is a collection of traditional stories from Yankton Dakota writer Zitkala-Sa. Published while Zitkala-Sa was just beginning her career as an artist and activist, Old Indian Legends collects fourteen traditional legends and stories passed down through Sioux oral tradition. Intending to keep the stories or her people alive, Zitkala-Sa popularized and protected these cultural treasures for generations to come. In "Iktomi and the Ducks," spider-trickster spirit Iktomi befriends a group of ducks by playing them music to dance to. Gaining their trust, he sends them into a dancing frenzy causing them to break their necks, after which he takes them to his teepee to cook a meal. When a tree branch snaps outside, distracting Iktomi, a pack of wolves moves in for a feast of their own. In "Iktomi's Blanket," a starving Iktomi prays to Inyan for a blessing of food. Stumbling across a deer carcass, he believes his prayers have been answered and prepares a fire to roast the deer meat over. Feeling a chill, however, he goes to his teepee for a blanket, leaving the fire unattended. Throughout her collection, Zitkala-Sa faithfully and respectfully retells the stories of her people. Old Indian Legends is a charming compilation from one of the leading American Indian writers of her generation, a committed activist and true voice for change who saw through her own eyes the lives and experiences of countless others. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Zitkala-Sa's Old Indian Legends is a classic of American Indian literature reimagined for modern readers.

American Indian Stories (Dodo Press) (Paperback): Zitkala-Sa American Indian Stories (Dodo Press) (Paperback)
Zitkala-Sa
R225 Discovery Miles 2 250 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (1876-1938), better known by her pen name, Zitkala-Sa, was a Native American writer, editor, musician, teacher and political activist. She was born and raised on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota by her mother. Zitkala-Sa lived a traditional lifestyle until the age of eight when she left her reservation to attend Whites Manual Labor Institute, a Quaker mission school in Indiana. She went on to study for a time at Earlham College in Indiana and the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. A considerable talent, Bonnin co-composed the first American Indian grand opera, The Sun Dance in 1913. After working as a teacher at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, she began publishing short stories and autobiographical vignettes. Her autobiographical writings were serialized in Atlantic Monthly and, later, published in a collection called American Indian Stories in 1921. Her first book, Old Indian Legends (1901), is a collection of folktales that she gathered during her visits home to the Yankton Reservation. Her other works include Stories of Iktomi and Other Legends of the Dakotas (1901) and Oklahoma's Poor Rich Indians (1924).

Old Indian Legends (Paperback, Large type / large print edition): Zitkala-Sa Old Indian Legends (Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
Zitkala-Sa
R668 R546 Discovery Miles 5 460 Save R122 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the mythology of the Lakota and other Oceti Sakowin peoples, Iktomi is a spider-trickster spirit and cultural hero. In the vast wilderness of the American Midwest, Iktomi experiences a series of humorous and instructive trials that illuminate humanity's relationship with nature. In Old Indian Legends, Zitkála-Sá uses her voice and expansive traditional knowledge to elevate the stories of her people.

American Indian Stories (Paperback, Large type / large print edition): Zitkala-Sa American Indian Stories (Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
Zitkala-Sa
R695 R576 Discovery Miles 5 760 Save R119 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Combining personal experience with traditional storytelling, Zitkála-Sá reflects on her life as a young woman raised on the Yankton Indian Reservation in South Dakota and educated at a Quaker school in Indiana. Whether remembering her mother, reflecting on the importance of legends, or recalling her first time making coffee, Zitkála-Sá, in American Indian Stories, uses her voice to elevate her people.

Old Indian Legends - in large print (Hardcover): Zitkala-Sa Old Indian Legends - in large print (Hardcover)
Zitkala-Sa
R1,244 Discovery Miles 12 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Old Indian Legends - in large print (Paperback): Zitkala-Sa Old Indian Legends - in large print (Paperback)
Zitkala-Sa
R783 Discovery Miles 7 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Lakota Sioux Legends and Myths - Native American Oral Traditions Recorded by Marie L. Mclaughlin and Zitkala-Sa (Paperback,... Lakota Sioux Legends and Myths - Native American Oral Traditions Recorded by Marie L. Mclaughlin and Zitkala-Sa (Paperback, New)
Peter N Jones; Marie L. McLaughlin, Zitkala-Sa
R621 Discovery Miles 6 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Oral traditions and myths have long been an integral part of Native American cosmology. Not only have they been - and continue to be - an essential part of handing down Native American customs, norms, beliefs, and cultural histories, but they also form a communal mythic discourse. This discourse is not a "fixed text," but rather a dynamic process of interactive relations that are developed over generations of experience, and passed from relation to relation and generation to generation. In this sense, the traditional structures of mythic discourse serve an integrative function: to form a coherent basis for communal identity in terms of a shared set of fundamental ideas and beliefs expressed in multiple forms. The oral traditions and myths recorded in this book are part of the communal mythic discourse of the Lakota Sioux people. Originally collected and recorded at the close of the nineteenth century by two Native language speakers - Marie L. McLaughlin and Zitkala Sa - these oral traditions provide some of the least distorted or colonially disrupted examples of the Lakota Sioux communal mythic discourse. Containing over 40 oral traditions, Lakota Sioux Legends and Myths brings together into a single volume these remarkable myths and legends. Edited and with a forward by Peter N. Jones, Ph.D., Lakota Sioux Legends and Myths is a welcome and refreshing addition to the literature. Once again the beauty, depth, and knowledge contained within the Lakota Sioux oral traditions can speak for themselves.

Old Indian Legends (Hardcover): Zitkala-Sa Old Indian Legends (Hardcover)
Zitkala-Sa
R904 Discovery Miles 9 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Old Indian Legends (Paperback): Zitkala-Sa Old Indian Legends (Paperback)
Zitkala-Sa
R590 Discovery Miles 5 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
American Indian Stories (Paperback): Zitkala-Sa American Indian Stories (Paperback)
Zitkala-Sa
R346 Discovery Miles 3 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
American Indian Stories (Esprios Classics) (Paperback): Zitkala-Sa American Indian Stories (Esprios Classics) (Paperback)
Zitkala-Sa
R598 R483 Discovery Miles 4 830 Save R115 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Old Indian Legends (Paperback): Zitkala-Sa Old Indian Legends (Paperback)
Zitkala-Sa
R318 Discovery Miles 3 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
American Indian Stories and Old Indian Legends (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)... American Indian Stories and Old Indian Legends (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Hardcover)
Zitkala-Sa
R1,046 Discovery Miles 10 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Old Indian Legends (Paperback): Zitkala-Sa Old Indian Legends (Paperback)
Zitkala-Sa
R599 Discovery Miles 5 990 Out of stock
Old Indian Legends (Hardcover): Zitkala-Sa Old Indian Legends (Hardcover)
Zitkala-Sa
R910 Discovery Miles 9 100 Out of stock
American Indian Stories and Old Indian Legends (Paperback): Zitkala-Sa American Indian Stories and Old Indian Legends (Paperback)
Zitkala-Sa
R259 Discovery Miles 2 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
American Indian Stories (Paperback): Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) American Indian Stories (Paperback)
Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin)
R264 Discovery Miles 2 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
American Indian Stories (Paperback): Zitkala-Sa American Indian Stories (Paperback)
Zitkala-Sa
R187 Discovery Miles 1 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
American Indian Stories (Paperback): Zitkala-Sa American Indian Stories (Paperback)
Zitkala-Sa
R279 Discovery Miles 2 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
American Indian stories (Paperback): Zitkala-Sa American Indian stories (Paperback)
Zitkala-Sa
R222 Discovery Miles 2 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
American Indian Stories (Paperback): Zitkala-Sa American Indian Stories (Paperback)
Zitkala-Sa
R870 Discovery Miles 8 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Old Indian Legends (Hardcover): Zitkala-Sa Old Indian Legends (Hardcover)
Zitkala-Sa
R1,351 R1,281 Discovery Miles 12 810 Save R70 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Old Indian Legends (Paperback): Zitkala-Sa Old Indian Legends (Paperback)
Zitkala-Sa
R820 Discovery Miles 8 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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