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The Flight of Red Bird
The Life of Zitkala-Sa
By Rappaport, Doreen
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-80371-438-0
- Publisher
- New York : Dial Books, c1997.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 1997
Gr 5-Up Gertrude Bonnin (1876-1938) was born on the Nakota, or Yankton, Sioux reservation in South Dakota. At the age of eight, she went to a Quaker boarding school in Indiana, the first of several she would attend, against her mother's wishes. Bonnin was never able to return to her life as an Indian. Relying heavily on Bonnin's own writings, letters, and diaries, as well as other primary sources and conversations with descendan...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
