Saturday, February 22, 2025

Born on this day – Gertrude Simmons Bonnin:

 

Gertrude Simmons Bonnin

a.k.a. Zitkala-Ša


Writer

Librettist

Musician: violin & flute

Teacher

Editor

Translator

Native American activist

February 22, 1876 – January 26, 1938

Credits:
American Indian Stories (1921); Oklahoma's Poor Rich Indians (1923); Old Indian Legends (1901); The Sun Dance Opera (1913).


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