Ella Cara Deloria

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Beschreibung

When Blue Bird and her grandmother leave their family's camp to gather beans for the long, threatening winter, they inadvertently avoid the horrible fate that befalls the rest of the family. Luckily, the two women are adopted by a nearby Dakota community and are eventually integrated into their kinship circles.

Autor

Ella Cara Deloria (1889-1971) was born on the Yankton reservation in South Dakota and grew up in a prominent family on the Standing Rock reservation during a disruptive time in her tribe's history. She studied at Columbia University with Franz Boas and became an ethnologist. She is the author of Dakota Texts and Speaking of Indians, both available in Bison Books editions, Dakota Grammar, and many other works. Susan Gardner is an associate professor of English at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, and is the author of several articles and a forthcoming biography on Ella Deloria.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• New Edition
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 134mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 330g
• ISBN-13: 9780803219045
• ISBN-10: 0803219040
• Artikelnr.: 26014004