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Ella Cara Deloria

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Yankton Dakota Author (1889-1971)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1889 to 1971 · aged 82
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Ella Cara Deloria, also called Aŋpétu Wašté Wiŋ, was a Yankton Dakota educator, anthropologist, ethnographer, linguist, and novelist. She recorded Native American oral history and contributed to the study of Native American languages.

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Ella Cara Deloria, also called Aŋpétu Wašté Wiŋ, was a Yankton Dakota educator, anthropologist, ethnographer, linguist, and novelist. She recorded Native American oral history and contributed to the study of Native American languages. According to Cotera (2008), Deloria was "a pre-eminent expert on Dakota/Lakota/Nakota cultural, religious, and linguistic practices." In the 1940s, Deloria wrote the novel Waterlily, which was published in 1988 and republished in 2009.

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United States
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Lived 1889 to 1971 · aged 82
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