Ella Deloria (1889–1971), one of the first Native students of linguistics and ethnography in the United States, grew up on the Standing Rock Reservation on the northern Great Plains and was trained by Franz Boas at Columbia University. Dakota Texts presents a rich array of Sioux mythology and folklore in its original language and in translation. Originally published in 1932 by the American Ethnological Society, this work is a landmark contribution to the study of the Sioux tribes.

Presents a 1944 study of Dakota life that describes the intricate kinship system, and shows how it was affected by confinement to reservations, and how it impeded those Indians who chose to assimilate

Product Description: The five narratives in this book, the third volume in Julian Rice's ongoing 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...read more

Traces the life of Waterlily, a Sioux woman, from her birth to the birth of her own child, and shares her view of tribal culture