Send us a textAt the age of eight, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (later known by her pen name Zitkála-Šá) left her Yankton Dakota reservation to attend a missionary boarding school for Native Americans, a harsh and abusive experience about which she eventually wrote a series of articles published in The Atlantic Monthly. Jessi Haley, editorial director of Cita Press (which just published a free anthology of the author’s work) joins Yankton Dakota poet Erin Marie Lynch to discuss how Zitkála-Šá’s sense of cultural displacement impacted her life and literary output.Mentioned in this episode:Free edition of Planted in a Strange Earth: Selected Writings of Zitkála-Šá by Cita PressCita Press’s Substack newsletter on Zitkála-ŠáRemoval Acts by Erin Marie LynchZitkála-ŠáElla Cara DeloriaStanding Rock Sioux TribeYankton Dakota peopleSugarcane 2024 documentaryAir/Light magazineJoe Biden’s October 2024 federal apology to Indigenous AmericansCarlisle Indian Industrial SchoolRichard Henry PrattEarlham CollegeThe Sun Dance OperaPBS’s “Unladylike” documentary episode on Zitkála-ŠáKillers of the Flower Moon by David Grann “Oklahoma’s Poor Rich Indians: An Orgy of Graft and Exploitation of the Five Civilized Tribes, Legalized Robbery” by Zitkála-ŠáP. Jane Hafen’s full PBS interview on Zitkála-ŠáOral History ProjSupport the showFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comSubscribe to our substack newsletter. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

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