Journal

The module includes selections from autobiographical writings by indigenous Americans Zitkala-Ša (Yankton Dakota Sioux) and Sarah Winnemucca (Northern Paiute).

Review their writings and reflect on how indigenous American writers had to navigate a largely white readership in order to be published and enjoy a successful writing career.

What would you suggest is the purpose of Zitkala-Ša's or Winnemucca's writing and how do you think the reading audience of her time might have reacted to her work?

Please include at least one quotation from Zitkala-Ša or Winnemucca in your response of at least 250 words.