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(0)Ella Cara Deloria
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Ella Deloria, the bilingual and bicultural Lakota ethnologist and linguist, wrote hundreds of traditional narratives, autobiographies, anecdotes, and reminiscences in both Lakota and English during the 1920s and 1930s. Iron Hawk represents the culmination of Deloria's colloquial style of synthesizing from memory rather than transcribing from tape or written notes. The story traces the development of a culture hero, from his early education by a grandfather,...
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The five narratives in this book, the third in Julian Rice's examination of the work of Ella Deloria, demonstrate Deloria's artistry in portraying the central values of Lakota (Sioux) culture. The introductory stories illustrate courage in three extraordinary women and Deloria's ability to subordinate her voice to that of different narrators. Another tale, "The Prairie Dogs," explains how the warriors' and chiefs' societies, the strongest forces for...
3) Spider Woman's Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women
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"According to Cherokee legend, Grandmother Spider brought the light of intelligence and experience to the people. Spider Woman's Granddaughters, a superlative collection of traditional tales, biographical writings, and contemporary short stories, brings to the page the light of thought about the past and present lives of Native people. The storytellers represented here - who include Pretty Shield, Louise Erdrich, Leslie Marmon Siko, Linda Hogan, Anna...