The Dakota Way of Life language reference For Native peoples the earth

For Native peoples the earth was special

animal and human

Using examples from her books

of its time and ahead of its time

this poet lets word fly through and beyond prison walls

The Dakota Way of Life language reference For Native peoples the earthElla Cara Deloria devoted much of her life to the study of the language and culture of the Sioux (Dakota and Lakota). The Dakota Way of Life is the result of the long history of her ethnographic descriptions of traditional Dakota culture and social life. Deloria was the most prolific Native scholar of the greater Sioux Nation, and the results of her work comprise an essential source for the study of the greater Sioux Nation culture and language. For