Zitkala-Sa wrestled with the conflicting influences of American Indian and white culture throughout her life

the reservation wheeling all around him like the whole of Blackfeet history hurtling towards him

Self-ordained as an NDN glitter princess

a little girl who travels with her grandmother onto the tundra

literary historical analysis

Making a Difference: My Fight for Native Rights and Social Justice Chickasaw Zitkala-Sa wrestled with the conflicting2019 National Native American Hall of Fame Inductee. This stirring memoir is the story of Ada Deer, the first woman to serve as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Deer begins, "I was born a Menominee Indian. That is who I was born and how I have lived." She proceeds to narrate the first eighty three years of her life, which are characterized by her tireless campaigns to reverse the forced termination of the Menominee tribe and to ensure sovereignty