{"product_id":"waterlily-paperback","title":"Waterlily - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElla Cara Deloria\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSusan Gardner\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eRaymond J. Demallie\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Exquisite evocation, in novelistic form, of the life of a female Dakota (Sioux) in the mid-nineteenth century, before whites settled the plains. . . . An unself-conscious and never precious or quaint pairing of scholarship and fiction.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Blue Bird and her grandmother leave their family's camp to gather beans for the long, threatening winter, they inadvertently avoid the horrible fate that befalls the rest of the family. Luckily, the two women are adopted by a nearby Dakota community and are eventually integrated into their kinship circles. Ella Cara Deloria's tale follows Blue Bird and her daughter, Waterlily, through the intricate kinship practices that created unity among her people. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWaterlily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, published after Deloria's death and generally viewed as the masterpiece of her career, offers a captivating glimpse into the daily life of the nineteenth-century Sioux.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new Bison Books edition features an introduction by Susan Gardner and an index. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePurchase the audio edition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eElla Cara Deloria (1889-1971) was born on the Yankton reservation in South Dakota and grew up in a prominent family on the Standing Rock reservation during a disruptive time in her tribe's history. She studied at Columbia University with Franz Boas and became an ethnologist. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eDakota Texts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpeaking of Indians\u003c\/i\u003e, both available in Bison Books editions, \u003ci\u003eDakota Grammar\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other works. Susan Gardner is an associate professor of English at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, and is the author of several articles and a forthcoming biography on Ella Deloria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228940845305,"sku":"9780803219045","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/RjBlTmlnVFZlcUZ3dTFjRUh3NmhmZz09.webp?v=1768296733","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/waterlily-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}