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Waterlily

by Ella Cara Deloria

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ISBN13: 9780803265790
ISBN10: 0803265794
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This novel of the Dakota Sioux written by Sioux ethnologist Deloria takes protagonist Waterlily through the everyday and the extraordinary events of a Sioux woman's life.
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A member of a prominent Yankton Sioux family, Ella Cara Deloria was born in 1889 on the Yankton Reservation and lived as a child on the Standing Rock Reservation. Her studies at Columbia University with Franz Boas resulted in three books, Dakota Texts, Dakota Grammar (a collaboration with Boas), and Speaking of Indians, as well as many other writings.
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ISBN:
9780803265790
With:
Demaillie, Raymond J.
Author:
Demaillie, Raymond J.
Author:
Deloria, Ella Cara
Author:
Deloria, JR. VI
Author:
Deloria
Author:
Demaillie, Raymond J.
Publisher:
Bison Books
Location:
Lincoln :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Native American Studies
Subject:
Dakota indians
Subject:
Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Historical - General
Copyright:
1988
Series Volume:
65.
Publication Date:
January 2002
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
244
Dimensions:
8.48x5.25x.61 in. .62 lbs.
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