Athought-provokingcollectionofsearingprosefromaSiouxwomanthatcoversrace,identity,assimilation,andperceptionsofNativeAmericancultureZitkala-SawrestledwiththeconflictinginfluencesofAmericanIndianandwhiteculturethroughoutherlife.RaisedonaSiouxreservation,shewaseducatedatboardingschoolsthatenforcedassimilationandwaswitnesstomajoreventsinwhite-Indianrelationsinthelate1800sandearly1900s.Tappinghertroubledpersonalhistory,Zitkala-SacreatedstoriesthatilluminatethetragedyandcomplexityoftheAmericanIndianexperience.Inevocativeproselacedwithpoliticalsavvy,sheforcesnewthinkingabouttheperceptions,assumptions,andcustomsofbothSiouxandwhiteculturesandraisesissuesofassimilation,identity,andracerelationsthatremaincompellingtoday.
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