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Zitkála-Šá, also known by her missionary and married names Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was a Yankton Dakota writer, editor, translator, musician, educator, and political activist. Zitkala-Ša means “Red Bird” in the native language of the Dakota Sioux. … Zitkala-Ša’s English name was Gertrude Simmons. She was born on February 22, 1876, on the Yankton Indian ReservationContinue reading “Zitkala Sa Red Bird Female Violinist”