# في ذكرى زيتكالا - جيرترود سيمونز بونين

- Writer: Aboud Salman
- Published: 2022-01-26
- Topic: مجتمع وقضايا
- URL: https://mirdad.app/articles/4213/في-ذكرى-زيتكالا-جيرترود-سيمونز-بونين
- Source: Mirdad (mirdad.app), an Arabic writing and reading platform. Every piece is reviewed by an editor before it is published.

Remembering Zitkala-Ša – Gertrude Simmons Bonnin

Name: Zitkala Ša, Red Bird

Birthdate/Place: February 22, 1876 – Yankton Indian Reservation

Death date/Place: January 26, 1938 – Washington, DC

Best known for: a Dakota Sioux writer, editor, musician, teacher and political activist. She wrote several works chronicling her youthful struggles with identity and pulls between the majority culture and her Native American heritage. Her later books in English were among the first works to bring traditional Native American stories to a widespread readership. Learn More! [http://bit.ly/1wB5uOA](http://bit.ly/1wB5uOA)