American Passages - Unit 8. Regional Realism: Authors Authors ZitkalaSa (Gertrude Simmons Bonnin) (1876-1938) 1801 JNChoate, Group of Omaha boys in cadet uniforms, Carlisle Indian http://www.learner.org/amerpass/unit08/authors-10.html
Extractions: Home Channel Video Catalog About Us ... Contact Us Select a Different Unit 1. Native Voices 2. Exploring Borderlands 3. Utopian Promise 4. Spirit of Nationalism 5. Masculine Heroes 6. Gothic Undercurrents 7. Slavery and Freedom 8. Regional Realism 9. Social Realism 10. Rhythms in Poetry 11. Modernist Portraits 12. Migrant Struggle 13. Southern Renaissance 14. Becoming Visible 15. Poetry of Liberation 16. Search for Identity This link leads to artifacts, teaching tips and discussion questions for this author. Writer, musician, educator, and Indian rights activist, Zitkala-Sa (or Red Bird) was born on the Sioux Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. After her white father abandoned the family, she was brought up by her Indian mother in traditional Sioux ways. At the age of eight, Zitkala-Sa's life was transformed when white missionaries came to Pine Ridge and convinced her to enroll in a boarding school in Wabash, Indiana. Part of a movement to "civilize" Indian children by removing them from their native culture and indoctrinating them in Euro-American ways, the school trained Indian pupils in manual labor, Christianity, and the English language. Zitkala-Sa found it a hostile environment and struggled to adapt.
American Passages - Unit 8. Regional Realism: Authors Go ZitkalaSa (Gertrude Simmons Bonnin) (1876-1938) Writer, musician, educator, andIndian rights activist, Zitkala-Sa (or Red Bird) was born on the Sioux Pine http://www.learner.org/amerpass/unit08/authors.html
Extractions: Home Channel Video Catalog About Us ... Contact Us Select a Different Unit 1. Native Voices 2. Exploring Borderlands 3. Utopian Promise 4. Spirit of Nationalism 5. Masculine Heroes 6. Gothic Undercurrents 7. Slavery and Freedom 8. Regional Realism 9. Social Realism 10. Rhythms in Poetry 11. Modernist Portraits 12. Migrant Struggle 13. Southern Renaissance 14. Becoming Visible 15. Poetry of Liberation 16. Search for Identity Charles W. Chesnutt was a pioneer among African American fiction writers, addressing controversial issues of race in a realist style that commanded the attention and respect of the white literary establishment of the late nineteenth century. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Chesnutt was the son of free parents who had... Writing at the end of the nineteenth century at the height of the popularity of "local color" fiction, Kate Chopin introduced American readers to a new fictional setting with her evocations of the diverse culture of Cajun and Creole Louisiana. But while much of Chopin's work falls into the category of regionalism , her...
Extractions: Search BB Program Contents Page American Literary Voices Part 2 [Introduction] 1. The New Landscape: Americans Feel the Pain 1a. Sherwood Anderson: Life in a Small Town 1b. Thornton Wilder Our Town 1c. Problems on Main Street : Sinclair Lewis 1d. William Carlos Williams: Paterson Poet 1e. Robert Frost: Feelings from New England 1f. Quick Cuts: John Dos Passos's U.S.A. 2. America Land of Opportunity? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 2b. Anzia Yezierska and Bread Givers 2c. Theodore Dreiser and An American Tragedy Sister Carrie 2e. Preserving Tradition: Isaac Bashevis Singer 3. Truth or Dare: Taming the American West 3a. Jack London's Adventure in the Klondike 3b. Steinbeck and the Social Conscience Grapes of Wrath Of Mice and Men 3e. Native American Perspectives 3f. Mexican-American Voices 4. Poetry Beyond the Rhyme
Browse Top Level > Texts > Project Gutenberg > Titles > O There is no description available for this text. Author ZitkalaSa, 1876-1938Keywords Authors Z Zitkala-Sa, 1876-1938; Titles O ; Subject Gypsies. http://www.archive.org/texts/textslisting-browse.php?collection=gutenberg&cat=Ti
Browse Top Level > Texts > Project Gutenberg > Authors > Z Browse Authors Z. Zaeunemann, Sidonia Hedwig; Zerbe, James Slough, 1850.Zitkala-Sa, 1876-1938; Zola, Emile, 1840-1902. Zschokke, Heinrich, 1771-1848. http://www.archive.org/texts/textslisting-browse.php?collection=gutenberg&cat=Au
Zitkala ZitkalaSa (Red Bird, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin; Sioux. (1876-1938).Zitkala-Sa willingly entered white schools to better herself. http://www.fcii.arizona.edu/hist396a/nsams/zitkala.htm
Extractions: Zitkala-Sa used her voice to tell of her experiences with her mother at The White's Manual Labor Institute in Indiana. ZitKala -Sa (Red Bird, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin; Sioux. (1876-1938) Zitkala-Sa willingly entered white schools to better herself. After attending The White's Manual Labor Institute Zitkala-Sa enrolled into Indiana's Earlham College to pursue further education from 1895-1897, she endured virulent racism despite academic success. She became a teacher at Carlisle Indian Industrial School from 1898 to 1899. She was critical of the Indian education system. In 1914 she joined the Society of American Indians, an organization dedicated to Indian self-determination that was fundamentally assimilationist. In 1916 she became the editor of the American Indian Magazine. She also served as a lobbyist for Indian legislation, a community organizer, and a spokesperson for reform. American Indian Stories: Zitkala-Sa , a Dakota Sioux Indian Impression of an Indian Childhood Returning from the river, I tugged beside my mother, with my hand upon the bucket I believed I was carrying. One time, onsuch a return, I remember a bit of conversation we had. My grown-up cousin, Warca-Ziwin (Sunflower), who was then seventeen, always went to the river alone for water for her mother. Their wigwam was not far from ours; and I saw her daily going to and from the river. I admired my cousin greatly. So I said: "Mother, when I am tall as my cousin Warca-Ziwin, you shall not have to come for water. I will do it for you."
LitSearch: An Online Literary Database ZitkalaSa (1876-1938) Works by this author Old Indian Legends. Copyright2001 Keith Ito. All Rights Reserved. Admin Control Panel. http://daily.stanford.edu/litsearch/servlet/DescribeAuthor?name=Zitkala-Sa
LitSearch: An Online Literary Database Keyword Search Motif Search Custom Search Browse Authors Browse Titles.Old Indian Legends by ZitkalaSa (1876-1938). Copyright 2001 Keith Ito. http://daily.stanford.edu/litsearch/servlet/DescribeWork?work=346
A Dream Of Her Grandfather. A Celebration of Women Writers A Dream of Her Grandfather. by ZitkalaSa akaGertrude Simmons Bonnin (1876-1938) Publication American Indian Stories by http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/zitkala-sa/stories/grandfather.html
Extractions: Publication: American Indian Stories by Zitkala-Sa. Washington: Hayworth Publishing House, 1921. pp. 155-158. A Dream of Her Grandfather. HER GRANDFATHER was a Dakota "medicine man." Among the Indians of his day he was widely known for his successful healing work. He was one of the leading men of the tribe and came to Washington, D. C., with one of the first delegations relative to affairs concerning the Indian people and the United States government. His was the first band of the Great Sioux Nation to make treaties with the government in the hope of bringing about an amicable arrangement between the red and white Americans. The journey to the nation's capital was made almost entirely on pony-back, there being no railroads, and the Sioux delegation was beset with many hardships on the trail. His visit to Washington, in behalf of peace among men, proved to be his last earthly mission. From a sudden illness, he died and was buried here. Wondering what gift it could be her grandfather wished now to confer upon her, wholly disregarding his death years ago, she was all eagerness to open the mystery chest.
The Trial Path. A Celebration of Women Writers The Trial Path. by ZitkalaSa aka Gertrude SimmonsBonnin (1876-1938) Publication American Indian Stories by Zitkala-Sa. http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/zitkala-sa/stories/path.html
Extractions: Publication: American Indian Stories by Zitkala-Sa. Washington: Hayworth Publishing House, 1921. pp. 127-135. The Trial Path. IT WAS an autumn night on the plain. The smoke-lapels of the cone-shaped tepee flapped gently in the breeze. From the low night sky, with its myriad fire points, a large bright star peeped in at the smoke-hole of the wigwam between its fluttering lapels, down upon two Dakotas talking in the dark. The mellow stream from the star above, a maid of twenty summers, on a bed of sweetgrass, drank in with her wakeful eyes. On the opposite side of the tepee, beyond the centre fireplace, the grandmother spread her rug. Though once she had lain down, the telling of a story has aroused her to a sitting posture. Her eyes are tight closed. With a thin palm she strokes her wind-shorn hair. "Yes, my grandchild, the legend says the large bright stars are wise old warriors, and the small dim ones are handsome young braves," she reiterates, in a high, tremulous voice. "Then this one peeping in at the smoke-hole yonder is my dear old grandfather," muses the young woman, in long-drawn-out words.
Native American Authors - Teacher Resources Biography, bibliography and online e-texts of writings by selected Native American authors. Large Category Arts Literature Cultural Native American You. Back to Top. ZitkalaSa (Gertrude Simmons Bonnin) 1876-1938.Gertrude Simmons Bonnin Biography, bibliography, links. From Voices http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/natauth.htm
Extractions: Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center Native American Author Page. You'll find biography, bibliography, lesson plans, online etexts and critical reviews of selected authors whose works are taught in the public schools or at the university level. Literature includes both adult and juvenile. For general information, see Native Americans - Internet Resources Ray Young Bear Using Literature by American Indians and Alaska Natives in Secondary Schools. ERIC Digest ERIC document ED348201 Erasing Native American Stereotypes Criteria for evaluation of materials; from Smithsonian Institution, Anthropology Outreach Office Selective Bibliography and Guide for "I"Is Not for Indian : The Portrayal of Native Americans in Books for Young People From nativeculture.com; Discusses selection of materials
Sandy Pouncey's Spirituality sweet breathing of flowers. If this is Paganism, then at present,at least, I am a Pagan. ZitkalaSa - Lakota Sioux, 1876-1938. http://www.mindspring.com/~redarrow/spiritual.html
Extractions: RedArrow I am RedArrow, part Tsalagi (Cherokee) of the Anitsiskwa (Bird Clan) and part Scot-Irish. My Grandmother was full blood Cherokee. Even though I don't have a lot of Native American blood running through my veins, the feelings still run deep in my soul. We are all related. In my heart I am indian, wild and free. My guide has asked me to honor the wisdom of my ancestors and to always "Stay on the Sacred Path". I have taken the Shawl, which means that I am willing to exchange information and allow all traditional teachings to live so that the goodness of each can be shared by many. I have found balance through the willingness to bend like the Bow of Beauty and send the Arrow of Truth into the world. The Arrow's path is straight and narrow and it's target is the heart. RedArrow asks the Great Spirit daily. "Why can't everyone just BE?" Be proud of who you are. Be respectful of who other peoples are. The Eagles and Crows have no problem with it. Each and every one of us have come to the Earth Mother with a path to travel. Taking care of ourselves rather than trying to control others may be difficult. We need to realize that taking charge of another's life is not beneficial to anyone. Focusing on another's life keeps us from looking at ours. The weaving in the medicine shield represents the web of fate in the wheel of life, which does not include any alternatives or solutions. It is typically human to get caught in the polarity of good or bad fortune without realizing that we can change it at any time. If we are not decisive enough about changing our lots in life, we may end up being consumed by our fears and limitations. Look for new alternatives to your present impasse. You have the power to change anything you don't like about your life. But, always remember, if you dishonor someone you have dishonored yourself.
Extractions: return to Heath Online Late Nineteenth Century: 1865-1910 Modern Period: 1901-1945 Contemporary Period: 1945 to the Present ... A Sheaf of Poetry by Late-Nineteenth Century American Women A Sheaf within a Sheaf: Poems from the 1890s Regional Voices, National Voices Issues and Visions in Post-Civil War America Modern Period: 1901-1945 Toward the Modern Age Issues and Visions in Modern America Randolph Bourne (1886-1918) Anzia Yezierska (1881?-1970)
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Book People: New Set Of BUILD-A-BOOKS ZitkalaSa aka Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (1876-1938) American Indian Stories (1921)http//www.cs.cmu.edu/~mmbt/women/Zitkala-Sa/stories/stories.html At the http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/bplist/archive/1999-11-23$3.html
Virginia Tech Libraries: New Book List Hafen. Author ZitkalaSa, 1876-1938. Publisher Lincoln Universityof Nebraska Press, 2001. Location NEWMAN. Call E159 M97 2001. http://www.lib.vt.edu/services/newbooks/September2001/E.html
Wild Women Project Natalie Barney, English (18761972). Gertrude Simmons Bonnin aka Zitkala-Sa,Native American (1876-1938). *Sigrid Undset, Swedish (1882-1949). http://www.mccfl.edu/Faculty/Jonesj/LIT2380/WildWomen.html
Extractions: Georgia O'Keefe, Poppy, Choose one of the Wild Women listed below. The links are just a starting point to give you a quick overview of lives you may not have previously encountered. Read as much of your woman's writing as you can to write an in-depth essay (1000-1500 words) discussing her contribution to 20 th -century cultural and/or social life. Papers that do not include specific references to primary material (work by your woman) will receive little credit. Biography here is less important than the woman's work. Find out what the popular as well as the critical reaction is to her work. The oral presentation in class will be in panels according to categories. You are encouraged to bring any sort of visual aid that you think will enhance your presentation posters, slides, photographs, etc. You may not read your essay for the presentation. Be creative. Novelists Poets Playwrights Filmmakers ... Critics *Nobel Prize Winners Novelists Olive Schreiner , South African (1855-1920) Selma Lagerlof , Swedish (1858-1940) Grazia Deledda , Italian (1871-1936) Willa Cather , American (1873-1947) Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette , French (1873-1953) Dorothy Richardson , English (1873-1957) Gertrude Stein , American (1874-1946) Natalie Barney , English (1876-1972) Gertrude Simmons Bonnin aka Zitkala-Sa,
Inventory Of The May Walden Papers, 1870-1972, Bulk 1892-1959 1966 Stedman, Seymour, 18711948-Portraits Taussig, F. W. (Frank William), 1859-1940Untermann, Ernest-Portraits Walden Family-Portraits Zitkala-Sa, 1876-1938. http://www.newberry.org/nl/collections/WaldenM.html
Extractions: Title: May Walden Papers, 1870-1972, bulk 1892-1959 Collection Call Number: Midwest MS Walden M Creator: Walden, May, 1865-1960 Extent: 3 cubic ft. (8 boxes) Repository: Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections Collection Stack Location: Abstract: Collection of May Walden, wife of Socialist publisher Charles H. Kerr from 1892 to 1904, consisting of letters, diaries, literary manuscripts, account books, clippings, photographs, memorabilia, as well as publications relating to the Socialist movement. Included in the papers are items relating to May Walden's daughter, Katharine Kerr Moore. Administrative Information
Bonnin, Gertrude (18761938), writer and reformer short stories and autobiographical essays in TheAtlantic Monthly and Harper's Monthly under her pen name, Zitkala-Sa (Red Bird http://search.eb.com/women/articles/Bonnin_Gertrude.html
Extractions: (1876-1938), writer and reformer Born on February 22, 1876, at the Yankton Sioux Agency in South Dakota, Gertrude Simmons was the daughter of a Dakota mother and a white father. When she was eight, she was sent to Indiana to attend a Quaker missionary school for Native Americans. At the age of 19, against her family's wishes, Simmons enrolled at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, and graduated in 1897. For two years she taught at the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, but she was uncomfortable with the school's harsh discipline and its curriculum, which was devised to teach European ways and history, thus eradicating students' Native American cultural identity. While at Carlisle Simmons published several short stories and autobiographical essays in The Atlantic Monthly and Harper's Monthly under her pen name, Zitkala-Sa (Red Bird). The pieces' themes derive from her personal struggle to retain her cultural heritage amidst pressure to adapt to the dominant white culture. In 1901 she published Old Indian Legends
