Ella Cara Deloria: Dakota Language Protector

by Diane Wilson, Tashia Hart (Illustrator)

Overview

The Minnesota Humanities Center presents Minnesota Native American Lives, three stories of exceptional individuals across sports, language, and government!

Ella Cara Deloria loved to listen to her family tell stories in the Dakota language. She recorded many American Indian peoples' stories and languages and shared them with everyone. She helped protect her people's language for future generations. She also wrote stories of her own. Her story is a Minnesota Native American life.

The Minnesota Native American Lives Series includes biographies of Charles Albert Bender, Ella Cara Deloria, and Peggy Flanagan. Read all three!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781634894456
Publisher:	Wise Ink
Publication date:	06/21/2021
Series:	Minnesota Native American Lives
Pages:	58
Sales rank:	416,085
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.14(d)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

Diane Wilson is a Dakota writer who uses personal experience to illustrate broader social and historical context. Her novel The Seed Keeper will be published by Milkweed Editions in 2021. Her memoir Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past won a 2006 Minnesota Book Award and was selected for the 2012 One Minneapolis One Read program. Her nonfiction book Beloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life was awarded the 2012 Barbara Sudler Award from History Colorado. Her work has appeared in many publications, including A Good Time for the Truth. She has served as a mentor for the Loft Emerging Artist program as well as Intermedia's Beyond the Pale. Awards she has received include the Minnesota State Arts Board, a 2013 Bush Foundation Fellowship, a 2018 AARP/Pollen 50 Over 50 Leadership Award, and the Jerome Foundation. She is a descendent of the Mdewakanton Oyate and enrolled on the Rosebud Reservation. Wilson currently serves as the executive director for the Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance.

Tashia Hart grew up in the wilds of Minnesota. She loves animals, writing, drawing, plants, and cooking. She is the author of Gidjie and the Wolves(Intermediaries, volume 1) and Girl Unreserved(Broken Wings and Things, volume 1). Her forthcoming wild rice cookbook, in partnership with the Minnesota Historical Society Press, is set to be released in the fall of 2021. She writes essays and recipes about wild foods for various organizations and tribal programs, and is an avid beader with thirty years of experience. She believes Indigenous people should control how their stories and likenesses are portrayed, and so has recently started the independent publishing company (Not) Too Far Removed Press. The mission of the press is to uplift fellow Indigenous authors and artists of the Midwest region. Tashia is Red Lake Anishinaabe. tashiahart

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 Tie Dakota Way of Life 3

2 Learning New Ways 9

3 Living in Two Cultures 15

4 Becoming a Storyteller 22

5 Staying True to Herself 26

6 A Good Relative 33

Ideas for Writing and Discussion 39

Ideas for Visual Projects 40

Ideas for Further Learning 42

Timeline 45

About the Author 49

About the Illustrator 50

About the Series Editors 51