Zitkala-Sa Quotes: Google Doodle Honors Yankton Sioux Writer On Her 145th Birthday
02/22/21 AT 8:30 AM
Google Doodle is honoring writer and musician Zitkala-Sa on her 145th birthday. Also known by the name Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, Zitkala-Sa belonged to the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota and was also a teacher and suffragist.
Zitkala-Sa worked relentlessly to help protect and celebrate her indigenous heritage through arts and activism. Her anthology of oral Dakota stories Old Indian Legends was published in 1901 and was among the first books to bring traditional stories about Indigenous Americans to a larger audience.
On her birthday, here are five inspirational quotes by the writer, courtesy Good Reads -