Zitkala-Sa
- Episode aired Aug 19, 2020
- 11m
Zitkála-Sá, aka Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, (1876-1938) was born on the Yankton Reservation in South Dakota, and left her community at age 8 to attend a Quaker missionary-run boarding school as... Read allZitkála-Sá, aka Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, (1876-1938) was born on the Yankton Reservation in South Dakota, and left her community at age 8 to attend a Quaker missionary-run boarding school as part of a U.S. government policy to educate American Indian youth with the philosophy: "K... Read allZitkála-Sá, aka Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, (1876-1938) was born on the Yankton Reservation in South Dakota, and left her community at age 8 to attend a Quaker missionary-run boarding school as part of a U.S. government policy to educate American Indian youth with the philosophy: "Kill the Indian, and save the man." She went on to write about her childhood and boarding s... Read all