Waterlily

Waterlily

Ella Cara Deloria

3.97

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This novel of the Dakota Sioux written by Sioux ethnologist Deloria takes protagonist Waterlily through the everyday and the extraordinary events of a Sioux woman's life.

Genres: FictionHistorical FictionNative AmericanIndigenousSchoolRead For SchoolAnthropologyLiteratureHistoricalWomens

244 Pages

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