Red Bird Sings (eBook)

The Story of Zitkala-Sa, Native American Author, Musician, and Activist

Gina Capaldi, Q. L. Pearce (Autoren)

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2011
32 Seiten
Lerner Publishing Group (Verlag)
978-0-7613-7159-5 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;I remember the day I lost my spirit."e; So begins the story of Gertrude Simmons, also known as Zitkala-Sa, which means Red Bird. Born in 1876 on the Yankton Sioux reservation in South Dakota, Zitkala-Sa willingly left her home at age eight to go to a boarding school in Indiana. But she soon found herself caught between two worlds-white and Native American. At school she missed her mother and her traditional life, but Zitkala-Sa found joy in music classes. "e;My wounded spirit soared like a bird as I practiced the piano and violin,"e; she wrote. Her talent grew, and when she graduated, she became a music teacher, composer, and performer. Zitkala-Sa found she could also "e;sing"e; to help her people by writing stories and giving speeches. As an adult, she worked as an activist for Native American rights, seeking to build a bridge between cultures.The coauthors tell Zitkala-Sa's life by weaving together pieces from her own stories. The artist's acrylic illustrations and collages of photos and primary source documents round out the vivid portrait of Zitkala-Sa, a frightened child whose spirit "e;would rise again, stronger and wiser for the wounds it had suffered."e;

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.2011
• Illustrationen: Gina Capaldi
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Kunst / Musik
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
• ISBN-10: 0-7613-7159-1 / 0761371591
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7613-7159-5 / 9780761371595