xx, 195 pages. Blue cloth, yellow titles and decorations, illustrations by Angel de Cora. Zitkala-sa, renamed Gertrude Simmons by Catholic missionaries, was one of the first Sioux women to write the stories and traditions of her people. They are taken from the oral tradition of tribes in the Dakotas, and mainly presented as animal fables. The author was also instrumental in the passage of the Indian Citizenship Bill in 1924, as well as other activism related to Native American rights.
