The Flight of Red Bird: The Life of Zitkala-Sa

Doreen Rappaport

Nov 2013 · StarWalk Kids Media

About this ebook

Taken from her family on the Yankton Sioux Reservation at the age of eight and sent to a school far from home, Gertrude is forced to become "civilized"--to give up her moccasins, her long hair, and her language, and to renounce her Sioux heritage. As an adult, she renames herself Zitkala-¬Sa, which means "Red Bird," and devotes her life to fighting for justice for Native Americans. Her powerful and memorable story, told in her own words from letters and diaries, will inspire anyone who has ever dreamed of making a difference.

About the author

Doreen Rappaport is an award-winning author known to educators, parents, children and young adult readers for thirty-eight fiction and non-fiction books that celebrate multiculturalism, the retelling of folktales and myths, history, the lives of world leaders and the stories of those she calls ‘not-yet-celebrated.’Her books have received critical acclaim and awards for her unique ability to combine historical facts with intimate storytelling, and for finding “new ways to present the lives of well-known heroes‚” like Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt, Helen Keller and the Statue of Liberty.A dynamic writer-teacher-storyteller in the classroom, she is a frequent speaker at state and national educational conferences, universities, libraries, historical societies, book fairs, and community centers. Doreen Rappaport has been a featured author at the National Portrait Gallery, National Book Festival, the Smithsonian Museum of American History and the White House.