Useful Links
Secondary Bibliography
https://public.wsu.edu/%7Ecampbelld/amlit/zitkala.htm
Biographies
https://www.nps.gov/people/zitkala-sa.htm
https://www.utahwomenshistory.org/bios/zitkala-sa/
Life Story: Zitkala-Sa, aka Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (1876-1938)
https://wams.nyhistory.org/modernizing-america/xenophobia-and-racism/zitkala-sa/#resource
Zitkála-Šá: Trailblazing American Indian Composer and Writer
https://www.pbs.org/video/zitkala-sa-american-indian-composer-author-activist-qqjsyq/
Red Bird Power: The Life and Legacy of Zitkala-Ša By. Tadeusz Lewandowski
https://www.amazon.com/Red-Bird-Power-Zitkala-%C5%A0a-Literature/dp/0806164530/ref=asc_df_0806164530/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=366402414185&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9331817699490149656&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004325&hvtargid=pla-784327404709&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=79033899751&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=366402414185&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9331817699490149656&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004325&hvtargid=pla-784327404709
https://public.wsu.edu/%7Ecampbelld/amlit/zitkala.htm
Biographies
https://www.nps.gov/people/zitkala-sa.htm
https://www.utahwomenshistory.org/bios/zitkala-sa/
Life Story: Zitkala-Sa, aka Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (1876-1938)
https://wams.nyhistory.org/modernizing-america/xenophobia-and-racism/zitkala-sa/#resource
Zitkála-Šá: Trailblazing American Indian Composer and Writer
https://www.pbs.org/video/zitkala-sa-american-indian-composer-author-activist-qqjsyq/
Red Bird Power: The Life and Legacy of Zitkala-Ša By. Tadeusz Lewandowski
https://www.amazon.com/Red-Bird-Power-Zitkala-%C5%A0a-Literature/dp/0806164530/ref=asc_df_0806164530/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=366402414185&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9331817699490149656&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004325&hvtargid=pla-784327404709&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=79033899751&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=366402414185&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9331817699490149656&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004325&hvtargid=pla-784327404709
Primary Sources
Biography and Writings
https://library.ship.edu/anti-racist-activists/zitkala-sa
American Indian Stories by Zitkala-Sa
https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/zitkala-sa/stories/stories.html
Lessons
We are going to look at two groups of women—Native Americans and white women—to understand the lives and experiences of these women as well as what happens when one group has power over the other. Using the classroom as an historical laboratory, students can use primary sources to research, read, evaluate, and interpret the words of Native American and white women
Objectives
Objectives
- Students will be able to create a model to be used to evaluate the validity of historical evidence.
- Students will examine primary documents and use factual references in the documents to construct a history of Native American and white women in the American West.
- Students will critique secondary accounts of women in the West and the history of the West.
- Students will be able to determine the differences and similarities in the experiences of Native American and white women in the American West.