Zitkala-Sa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Zitkala-Sa

Yankton Dakota writer

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1876

Place of Birth: Yankton Indian Reservation, South Dakota, United States

Date of Death: 26-Jan-1938

Profession: writer, poet, violinist, human rights activist, activist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Zitkála-Šá (1876–1938) (Lakota: Red Bird = Cardinal (bird)), also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, her missionary-given and later married name, was a Yankton Dakota Sioux writer, editor, translator, musician, educator, and political activist.
She wrote several works chronicling her struggles with cultural identity and the pull between the majority culture she was educated within and her Dakota Sioux culture into which she was born and raised.
Her later books were among the first works to bring traditional Native American stories to a widespread white English-speaking readership, and she has been noted as one of the most influential Native American activists of the 20th century. Working with American musician William F.
Hanson, Zitkala-Ša wrote the libretto and songs for The Sun Dance Opera, (1913), the first American Indian opera.
It was composed in romantic musical style, and based on Sioux and Ute cultural themes.She was co-founder of the National Council of American Indians in 1926, which was established to lobby for Native people’s right to United States citizenship and other civil rights they had long been denied.
Zitkala-Ša served as the council’s president until her death in 1938.



Alternative names	Gertrude Stanton Käsebier; Gertrude Stanton Kasebier; Gertrude Stanton; Gertrude Kasebier
Description	American photographer
Date of birth/death	18 May 1852	12 October 1934
Location of birth/death	Des Moines, United States of America	New York City, United States of America
Authority control	: Q271918 VIAF: 54950744 ISNI: 0000 0001 2133 792X ULAN: 500011698 LCCN: n79039161 MusicBrainz: 311bd146-a523-47fb-be5c-d33a95f160d2 WorldCat