#Zitkala

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zitkala-sa or red bird (1876-1938) was was a yankton dakota writer, editor, translator, musician, educator, and political activist. her later books were among the first works to bring traditional native american stories to a widespread white english-speaking readership. she was co-founder of the national coouncil of american indians in 1926, which was established to lobby for native people's right to united states citizenship and other civil rights they had long been denied. when she was a child, she was taken to white's indiana manual labor Institute, a quaker missionary boarding school in wabash, indiana. this training school was founded by josiah white for the education of "poor children, white, colored, and indian to help them advance in society.” she wrote about this in one of her books describing the misery of having her hertiage stripped from her and being forced to cut her hair.

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Gertrude Kasebier, Zitkala Sa, aka Red Bird, 1892. Red Bird was a writer, editor, musician, teacher, and political activist of Native American Yankton Sioux heritage.

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Zitkála-Šá, The Red Bird (1876 - 1938), was a Yankton Sioux Composer, Writer, Educator and Indigenous Rights Activist.

https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2021/11/26/zitkala-sa-red-bird/

Zitk��la-Šá was born on Feb 22, 1876, on the Yankton Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

Mother: Ellen Simmons, whose Dakota name was Thaté Iyóhiwiŋ (Every Wind or Reaches for the Wind).

In 1884, when Zitkala-Ša was eight, missionaries came to the reservation. Zitkála-Šá attended the school for three years until 1887. She later wrote about this period in her work, The School Days of an Indian Girl.

She described the deep misery of having her heritage stripped away when she was forced to pray as a Quaker and to cut her traditionally long hair. By contrast, she took joy in learning to read and write, and to play the violin.

In 1891, wanting more education, Zitkála-Šá decided at age fifteen to return to school.

In June 1895, when Zitkála-Šá was awarded her diploma, she gave a speech on the inequality of women’s rights, which was praised highly by the local newspaper.

(3) In Utah, Zitkála-Šá met William F. Hanson, a composer and music professor at Brigham Young University. Together they composed The Sun Dance Opera. Zitkála-Šá wrote the songs and libretto based on Sioux ritual.

She was co-founder of the National Council of American Indians in 1926.

From Washington, Zitkála-Šá began lecturing nationwide on behalf of SAI to promote greater awareness of the cultural and tribal identity of Native Americans. In 1924 the Indian Citizenship Act was passed, granting US citizenship rights to most indigenous peoples who did not already have it.

Zitkála-Šá died on January 26, 1938, in Washington, D.C., at the age of sixty-one.

She is buried as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin.

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What are soul needs?

They lie in two realms: nature and creativity.

In these realms lives Na'ashje'ii Asdzaa, Spider Woman,

the great creation spirit of the Dineh.

She gifts her people with protection.

Her purview, among others, is teaching the love of beauty.

~ Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Photo: Zitkala-Ša (1876–1938) (Dakota meaning "Red Bird"), also known by the missionary-given name Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was a Sioux writer, editor, musician, teacher and political activist.

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The Red Man's America

My country! 'tis to thee, Sweet land of Liberty, My pleas I bring. 　　　Land where OUR fathers died, 　　　Whose offspring are denied 　　　The Franchise given wide, 　　　Hark, while I sing. My native country, thee, Thy Red man is not free, Knows not thy love. 　　　Political bred ills, 　　　Peyote in temple hills, 　　　His heart with sorrow fills, 　　　Knows not thy love. Let Lane's Bill swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees, Sweet freedom's song. 　　　Let Gandy's Bill awake 　　　All people, till they quake, 　　　Let Congress, silence break, 　　　The sound prolong. Great Mystery, to thee, Life of humanity, To thee, we cling. 　　　Grant our home land be bright, 　　　Grant us just human right, 　　　Protect us by Thy might, 　　　Great God, our king.

— Zitkála-Šá (Gertrude Simmons Bonnin), (1876–1938)

When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry (2020)

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I was a wild little girl of seven. Loosely clad in a slip of brown buckskin, and light-footed with a pair of soft moccasins on my feet, I was as free as the wind that blew my hair, and no less spirited than a bounding deer.

-Zitkala-Sa

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Cannupa Hanska Luger, New Myth, Future Technologies, 2021

Dana Claxton, Headdress-Jeneen, 2018

Teresa Baker, Hidatsa Red, 2022

Raven Chacon, For Zitkala Sa Series, 2019

Caroline Monnet, Echoes from a near future, 2022

Marie Watt, Skywalker/Skyscraper (Calling Sky World), 2021

Anna Tsouhlarakis, The Native Guide Project, 2019

Meryl McMaster, Harbourage for a Song, 2019

Marie Watt, Companion Species (Calling Back, Calling Forward), 2021

Staff Pick of the Week

An Indigenous Present proposes that a book can be a space for community engagement through the transcultural gathering of more than sixty contemporary Indigenous and Native artists. Published by BIG NDN Press and Delmonico Books in 2023, An Indigenous Present was conceived of and edited by Mississippi Choctaw and Cherokee artist Jeffrey Gibson (b. 1972) over the course of nearly two decades. 

In Gibson’s own words, “An Indigenous Present celebrates the work of visual artists, musicians, poets, choreographers, designers, filmmakers, performance artists, architects, collectives, and writers whose work offers fresh starting lines for Native and Indigenous art. But the book does not attempt comprehensiveness. Rather, those included here are makers I admire, have collaborated with or been inspired by, and who’ve challenged my thinking. . . . These artists and what they make will guide us to Indigenous futurities authored by us in unabashedly Indigenous ways.”  

An Indigenous Present features over 400 pages of color photographs, poetry, essays, and interviews resulting in a stunning visual experience for readers and a shift towards more inclusive art systems. The front cover art shown here is by Canadian artist Caroline Monnet entitled Indigenous Represent. 

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Twelve Famous Native American Women

Native American women are traditionally held in high regard among the diverse nations, whether a given people are matrilineal or patrilineal. Traditionally, women were not only responsible for raising children and caring for the home but also planted and harvested the crops, built the homes, and engaged in trade, as well as having a voice in government.

The history of the women of the Native peoples of North America attests to their full participation in the community whether as elders and "medicine women" or as skilled agriculturalists and merchants and, in some cases, even warriors. Although hunting and warfare were traditionally the provenance of males, some women became famous for their courage and skill in battle. These women, as well as others in the arts and sciences, are often overlooked because they do not fit the paradigm of what has been accepted as American history.

Pocahontas and Sacagawea are usually the only North American Native women that non-Natives have heard of, but even their narratives have been obscured by legend and half-truths. Many other Native American women have simply been ignored, and among them are most of those listed below. These women, and the nations they were citizens of, include:

Jigonhsasee – Iroquois

Pocahontas – Powhattan

Weetamoo – Wampanoag

Glory-of-the-Morning – Ho-Chunk/Winnebago

Sacagawea – Shoshone

Old-Lady-Grieves-the-Enemy – Pawnee

Pine Leaf/Woman Chief – Crow

Lozen – Apache

Buffalo Calf Road Woman – Cheyenne

Thocmentony/Sarah Winnemucca – Paiute

Susan La Flesche Picotte – Omaha

Molly Spotted Elk/Mary Alice Nelson – Penobscot

There are many others who do not appear here because they are more widely known, such as the Yankton Dakota activist, musician, and writer, Zitkala-Sa (l. 1876-1938) or the Cheyenne warrior Mochi ("Buffalo Calf", l. c. 1841-1881). Modern-day figures are also omitted but deserve mention, such as the activist Isabella Aiukli Cornell of the Choctaw nation, who drew national attention in 2018 with her red prom dress designed to call attention to the many missing and murdered indigenous women across North America, and poet/activist Suzan Shown Harjo of the Muscogee/Southern Cheyenne nation. There are many more, like these two, who have devoted themselves to raising awareness of the challenges facing Native Americans and continue the same struggle, in various ways, as the women of the past.

Jigonhsasee (l. c. 1142 or 15th century)

According to Iroquois lore, Jigonhsasee (Jikonhsaseh, Jikonsase) was integral to the origins of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy dated to either the 12th or 15th century. She was an Iroquoian whose home was along the central path used by warriors going to and from battle and became well-known for the hospitality and wise counsel she offered them. The Great Peacemaker (Deganawida) chose her to help him form the Iroquois Confederacy, based on the model of a family living together in one longhouse, and, along with Hiawatha, this vision became a reality. Jigonhsasee became known as the 'Mother of Nations' and established the policy of women choosing the chiefs of the council in the interests of peace, instead of war. The American women's suffrage movement of the 19th century called attention to the freedom and rights of Native American women, notably those of the Iroquois Confederacy, in arguing for those same rights for themselves.

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Happy Friday, Bookblr! This holiday weekend, the BDA team is honoring and amplifying Indigenous voices by showcasing four incredible authors and their powerful stories. Join us in celebrating the richness of Indigenous literature with Cherie Dimaline's "The Marrow Thieves," Ma-Nee Chacaby & Mary Louisa Plummer's "A Two-Spirit Journey," and Zitkala-Sa's "American Indian Stories." Let's carve out space for diverse narratives and gratitude for the wisdom these authors share.

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“Zitkala-Ša’s accounts of her boarding school days are full of sensory detail bringing to life the trauma of her ordeal—an effective technique for enabling her readers to imagine that they, too, can feel the iron routine penetrating their flesh. She keenly apprehended both the scientific and military goals of Indian education. It is “heart rending,” she later wrote to her lover, the Apache physician Carlos Montezuma, “to see a government try experiments upon a real race” that rendered boarding school children “practically prisoners of war.”

-Kyla Schuller, The Trouble with White Women

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I keep forgetting about tumblr ngl! haha but anyway another dnd character of mine! Zitkala-sa a hombrewed race called a Fethros for a homebrewed world. She's a paladin based off a Harpy eagle. Poor girl has big heart, big musle but no brain. All the dummy so she can have maximum thic

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A portrait of  musician/composer Zitkala Sa, “Red Bird,” also known as Gertrude Simmons by photographer Joseph T. Keiley, 1898.

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For all your OC

Who are you and Why you think you exist?

Sorry this took so long, I have over 30 ocs

Cole Jane Rhue

"Uh, I'm Cole Rhue, AKA C-4. I don't know why I exist, but I think it might be because my parents didn't know how to use protection."

Cindy Clare Collins

"Uhm- I'm Cindy, and I don't exist, I'm dead."

Genie Uzu Xyno

"Ooh! I'm Genie, but you can call me Gene, or Z. I exist to help people of course, being a herb witch and all."

Vincent Zeno Clark

"Uh- I'm Vincent Clark. I don't know why I exist, probably because my mom's a whore."

Voy

"ÆæÆÆæÆÆæÆ, ÆæÆÆæÆ, æÆÆæÆ, ÆæÆÆæÆÆ, ÆæÆÆæÆÆæÆÆæÆÆæÆÆæÆ, ÆæÆÆæÆÆæÆ, ÆæÆ"

(I'm Voy, GIVE ME YOUR LUNGS)

Jordy Clark Stevens

"Uhm- Hi, I-I'm Jordy, and I exist solely for Zara."

Zara Trudy Freeman

"Get- GET AWAY FROM ME-" *several minutes later* "I'm Zara, please save me- AGHH-" *fifteen minutes later* "I'm Zara and I exist for Jordy."

Jaxon

"I'm Jaxon, please call me Jax. And I exist to write and draw!"

Jared Ford Thompson

"Fuck off." *one ass beat later* "I'm Jared and I exist to fuck your mom."

Bones the Skeleton Clown

"I'm Bones, and I exist to make you laugh!"

Winifred Iris Afton

"I'm Winnie, and I exist because my sister needed someone to be better than."

Rosabelle Krista Stuarts

"Oh- HI!! I'm Rosabelle, and I exist because Jax tends to get baby fever despite only being 15 I'm adorable!"

Test Subject 1593

"*cries* I don't have a name."

Gina Clark Lewis

"I'm Gina, I exist for population control."

Francine James Graham

"Just a question, you do realize that I'm about to kill you, yeah?"

Vesper Hugo Daniels

"I'm Vesper, and I exist to fight for this country."

Vivian Hill Daniels

"What kinda quesion is that? I'm Vivian, and I exist because Vesper chose not to eat me in the womb."

Caecilius Alastar Mori

"I'm Caecilius, I know it's a mouthful, just call me Cae, and I exist to protect the royal family."

Bowie Daniel Remington

"WHAT'S UP, FUCKERS! I'M BOWIE, AND I EXIST TO CAUSE PEOPLE TROUBLE HAHAHAHAHA!!!"

Celyn Hira Pekkanen

"Celyn, I exist to fuck with Christina."

Christina Babirye Nolan

"I'm Christina, I guess I exist to clean Celyn's messes for them."

Courtney Imani Paige

"Hi, Courtney -CARAMEL APPLE MOCHA FOR JOSH- and I exist to fill the gap that was made for people's coffee in the mornings."

Porphyrios Hadriana Hepburn

"Are-Are you joking right now? My name is Porphyrios, child of Hades and Persephone, the god of death. I exist to ensure Percy Jackson makes it to and from missions mostly unharmed, which is pretty funny considering I'm the god of death."

Chrissy Carolina Mollown

"Oh! Hi! I'm Chrissy. I'm exist to make everyone's day a little brighter!"

Valeria Nikhila Janda

"The fuck d'you want? Yah, yah, whatever. I'm Valeria Nikhila Janda, I exist because my mom decided to fuck Satan."

Caroline Zitkala Merkel

"Oh! Hi! Hehe. I'm Caroline, and I exist because Jax decided he didn't have enough assassin ocs, hehe."

Isabelle Erna Nicholson

"Hmm? You can call me Ms.Nicholson, I exist because Jax was going through a I wanna be a teacher phase."

Florian Herminia Cano

"Huh? O-oh, I'm F-Florian. I-I don't know why I exist."

Jace Verian Taylor

"... *stabs you*"

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Celia Cruz 👑

abcnews:

The Queen of Salsa and Cuban icon Celia Cruz has become the first Afro-Latina to appear on U.S. currency as part of the American Women Quarters Program. The U.S. Mint selected five women for the program's 2024 coinage aimed at honoring the achievements and services of American women. The other women chosen were Patsy Takemoto Mink, who was the first woman of color to serve in Congress; Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, who was a Civil War-era surgeon, women's rights advocate and abolitionist; Pauli Murray, a poet, writer, activist, lawyer and Episcopal priest, as well as a strong advocate for civil rights, and Zitkala-Ša, also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, a writer, songwriter, educator and political activist for the rights of Native Americans.

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What are soul needs?

They lie in two realms: nature and creativity.

In these realms lives Na'ashje'ii Asdzaa, Spider Woman,

the great creation spirit of the Dineh.

She gifts her people with protection.

Her purview, among others, is teaching the love of beauty.

~ Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Photo: Zitkala-Ša (1876–1938) (Dakota meaning "Red Bird"), also known by the missionary-given name Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was a Sioux writer, editor, musician, teacher and political activist.