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Zitkala-Sa, c. 1921. Zitkala-Ša was politically active throughout most of her adult life. During her time on the Uintah-Ouray reservation in Utah, she was involved with the Society of American Indians (SAI) which was dedicated to preserving the Native American way of life while lobbying for the right to full American citizenship. [12]
American Indian Stories is a collection of childhood stories, allegorical fictions and essays written by Sioux writer and activist Zitkala-Ša. [1]First published in 1921, American Indian Stories details the hardships encountered by Zitkala-Ša and other Native Americans in the missionary and manual labour schools. [2]
Zitkala-Sa met Hanson in 1910, and the two began working on the opera that year. [1] According to N. L. Nelson, a colleague of Hanson at Brigham Young University, Zitkala-Sa was heavily involved with writing the show's story, revising the show's music, designing the show's costumes, and training "the dancers and singers so as to be true to the highest and best ideals of her people".
American Indian opera is a subgenre of music of the United States.It began with composer Gertrude Bonnin (1876-1938), also known as Zitkala-Sa ("Red Bird" in Lakota).Bonnin drew from her Yankton Dakota heritage for both the libretto and songs for the opera The Sun Dance.
Zitkála-Šá by Gertrude Käsebier, 1898. Zitkála-Šá was also a member of the League of American Penwomen, and their mantra was "who’s who in the nation’s capital, 1927" [1] which informed its members role of Congress and gained access to information about Congressmen in Washington D.C.
Mináǧi kiŋ dowáŋ was composed and filmed by an all-Indigenous crew, primarily made up of women. The crew eliminated deadlines, interviewed Zitkála-Šá's descendants, and included Native ceremonies in meetings to decolonize the process.
Suffragist and activist, Zitkala-Sa (Yankton Sioux) Native American women influenced early women's suffrage activists in the United States. The Iroquois nations, which had an egalitarian society, were visited by early feminists and suffragists, such as Lydia Maria Child, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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