Old Indian Legends
- Hard Cover
- Boston: Ginn & Company / The Athenaeum Press, 1902
Boston: Ginn & Company / The Athenaeum Press, 1902. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. de Cora, Angel (Hinook Mahiwi Kilinaka). 1902 reprint. Edges, endpapers, and margins of a few pages foxed, a few light blemishes on boards. xx, 195 pages. Blue cloth, yellow titles and decorations, illustrations by Angel de Cora. Zitkala-sa, renamed Gertrude Simmons by Catholic missionaries, was one of the first Sioux women to write the stories and traditions of her people. They are taken from the oral tradition of tribes in the Dakotas, and mainly presented as animal fables. The author was also instrumental in the passage of the Indian Citizenship Bill in 1924, as well as other activism related to Native American rights.
Details
Title
Old Indian Legends
Author
Zitkala-Sa
Binding
Hard Cover
Condition
Good
Publisher
Ginn & Company / The Athenaeum Press: Boston
Date
1902
Edition
Reprint