2. Introduction Born to a Native American mother and a white father at the Yankton Sioux Agency in South Dakota on February 22, 1876; died 1938. Sioux name, Zitkala-Sa, or Red Bird Granddaughter of the famous Sioux chief Sitting Bull Native American activist, writer, and public speaker
3. Education 1884 she attended a Quaker missionary school for Indians located in Wabash, Indiana Following her graduation in 1895, she went on to Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, earning recognition as the winner of a state-wide oratory contest 1897 began teaching at Pennsylvania's Carlisle Indian School 1899 she enrolled at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston to study violin
4. Family Life Engaged to Thomas Marshall, who died suddenly of an undiagnosed illness 1902 she married Raymond Bonnin and moved to a reservation in Utah 1903 give birth to son Raymond OhiyaBonnin(middle name was a tribute to Alexander Eastman)
5. Accomplishments Elected secretary of the Society of the American Indian-SAI in 1916. During WWI, Bonnin served as assistant to the Quartermaster General in Washington, later retired as the rank of captain. Founded the National Council of American Indians(1926)
6. Notable work Old Indian Legends (1901) American Indian Stories (1921) Wrote Libretto, and songs for the opera The Sun Dance (1913) Co-Authored Oklahoma’s Poor Rich Indians: An Orgy of Graft and Exploitation of the Five Civilized Tribes, Legalized Robbery (1923) Atlantic Monthly Articles: An Indian Teacher Among Indians, Impressions of an Indian Childhood, and School Days of an Indian Girl (1900); Why I Am a Pagan (1902)
