Ella Cara Deloria
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Ella Cara Deloria (January 31, 1889 – February 12, 1971), also called Aŋpétu Wašté Wiŋ (Beautiful Day Woman), was a Yankton Dakota (Sioux) educator, anthropologist, ethnographer, linguist, and novelist. She recorded Native American oral history and contributed to the study of Native American languages.[1] According to Cotera (2008), Deloria was "a pre-eminent expert on Dakota/Lakota/Nakota cultural religious, and linguistic practices."[2] In the 1940s, Deloria wrote a novel titled Waterlily, which was published in 1988, and republished in 2009.[3][4][5]
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Ella Cara Deloria | |
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Aŋpétu Wašté Wiŋ, "Beautiful Day Woman" | |
Born | (1889-01-31)January 31, 1889 White Swan district of the Yankton Indian Reservation, South Dakota |
Died | February 12, 1971(1971-02-12) (aged 82) |
Education | Educated at her father's mission school and All Saints Boarding School |
Alma mater | Oberlin College; B.Sc., Teachers College, Columbia University, 1915 |
Occupation(s) | Educator, anthropologist, ethnographer, linguist, and novelist |
Known for | Recording Sioux oral history and legends; 1940 novel, Waterlily; fluent in Dakota, and Lakota[citation needed] dialects of Sioux, and Latin. |
Parent(s) | Mary (or Miriam) Sully Bordeaux Deloria and Philip Joseph Deloria |
Relatives | Sister Susan; brother, Vine V. Deloria, Sr.; Nephew, Vine Deloria, Jr. |
Awards | Indian Achievement Award, 1943; Ella C. Deloria Undergraduate Research Fellowship established in her honor |
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