"'I remeber the day I lost my spirit.' So begins the story of Gertrude Simmons, also known as Zitkala-Ša, which means Red Bird. Born in 1876 on the Yankton Sioux reservation in South Dakota, Zitkala-Ša willingly left her home at age eight to go to boarding school in Indiana. But she soon found herself caught between two worlds--white and Native American. When Zitkala-Ša graduated, she became a music teacher, composer, and performer. As an adult, she worked as an activist for Native American rights, seeking to build a bridge between cultures." --back cover.
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Story of Zitkala-Sa, Native American author, musician, and activist
