Ella Cara Deloria
Ella Cara Deloria (January 31, 1889 – February 12, 1971), also called Aŋpétu Wašté Wiŋ (Beautiful Day Woman), was a Yankton Dakota (Sioux) 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 a novel titled Waterlily, which was published in 1988, and republished in 2009.
Ella Cara Deloria | |
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| Aŋpétu Wašté Wiŋ, "Beautiful Day Woman" | |
| Born | January 31, 1889 White Swan district of the Yankton Indian Reservation, South Dakota |
| Died | February 12, 1971 (aged 82) Wagner, South Dakota |
| Education | Educated at her father's mission school and All Saints Boarding School |
| Alma mater | Oberlin College; B.Sc., Teachers College, Columbia University, 1915 |
| Occupation(s) | Educator, anthropologist, ethnographer, linguist, and novelist |
| Known for | Recording Sioux oral history and legends; 1940 novel, Waterlily; fluent in Dakota, and Lakota dialects of Sioux, and Latin. |
| Parent(s) | Mary (or Miriam) Sully Bordeaux Deloria and Philip Joseph Deloria |
| Relatives | Sister Susan; brother, Vine V. Deloria, Sr.; Nephew, Vine Deloria, Jr. |
| Awards | Indian Achievement Award, 1943; Ella C. Deloria Undergraduate Research Fellowship established in her honor |
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