Zitkala-Sa, American author and activist (died 1938)

Zitkala-Sa

Yankton Dakota writer (1876–1938)

Zitkala-Ša, also Zitkála-Šá, was a Yankton Dakota writer, editor, translator, musician, educator, and political activist. She was also known by her anglicized and married name, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin. She wrote several works chronicling her struggles with cultural identity, and…