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Availability:In StockContributor:Ella Cara Deloria, Susan Gardner (Introduction by), Raymond J. Demallie (Afterword by)Publish date:2009-04-01Pages:296
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803219045ISBN-10:803219040UPC:9780803219045Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Indigenous, WomenSize:8.40 x 5.20 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCWGCQ8PVJ

"Exquisite evocation, in novelistic form, of the life of a female Dakota (Sioux) in the mid-nineteenth century, before whites settled the plains. . . . An unself-conscious and never precious or quaint pairing of scholarship and fiction."--Kirkus

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. Ella Cara Deloria's tale follows Blue Bird and her daughter, Waterlily, through the intricate kinship practices that created unity among her people.

Waterlily, published after Deloria's death and generally viewed as the masterpiece of her career, offers a captivating glimpse into the daily life of the nineteenth-century Sioux.

This new Bison Books edition features an introduction by Susan Gardner and an index.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803219045ISBN-10:803219040UPC:9780803219045Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Indigenous, WomenSize:8.40 x 5.20 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCWGCQ8PVJ
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.
Publisher: Bison Books

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