Zitkala-Sa

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Zitkala-Ša, a Yankton Sioux Native American woman who made her mark as a champion of Native American rights and as an accomplished author and musician. She and her husband, Raymond Bonnin, founded the National Council of American Indians in 1926 to advocate for full citizenship rights for Native Americans.

Zitkala-Sa by Gertrude Käsebier

Zitkala-Sa was a beautiful Yankton Sioux woman of Native American & white mixed ancestry.  

She was well educated and went on to become an accomplished author, musician, composer 

and later went on to work for the reform of Indian policies in the United States.

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