Ella Cara Deloria: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Anpetu Waste
Born	January 31, 1889 • Yankton • South Dakota
Died	February 12, 1971 (aged 82) • South Dakota
Notable Works	“Waterlily”
Subjects Of Study	Oceti Sakowin

N. Scott Momaday

American author

Zitkala-Sa

American writer

Paula Gunn Allen

American author and scholar

Janet Campbell Hale

Native American poet and novelist

Louise Erdrich

American author

Linda Hogan

Native American poet and novelist

Joy Harjo

American author, academic, musician and artist

Maria Tallchief

American dancer

Mary Crow Dog

Sicangu Lakota activist and author

Marjorie Tallchief

American dancer

S. Alice Callahan

Native American teacher and author

Oliver La Farge

American author and anthropologist

Helen Hunt Jackson

American author

Sitting Bull

Lakota chief

Leslie Marmon Silko

American author

Russell Means

Oglala Lakota Sioux activist

Red Cloud

Oceti Sakowin chief

Spotted Tail

Sioux leader

Billy Mills

American athlete

Lori Piestewa

American soldier