Ella Cara Deloria
Anthropologist, Author
1889 – 1971
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Who was Ella Cara Deloria?
Ella Cara Deloria, also called Aŋpétu Wašté Wiŋ, was an educator, anthropologist, ethnographer, linguist, and novelist of European American and Dakota ancestry. She recorded Sioux oral history and legends, and contributed to the study of their languages. In the 1940s, she wrote a novel, Waterlily. It was finally published in 1988, and in 2009 was issued in a new edition.
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- Born
- Jan 31, 1889
South Dakota - Ethnicity
- Indigenous peoples of the Americas
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- Oberlin College
- Died
- Feb 12, 1971
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on July 23, 2013
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