{"product_id":"american-indian-stories-9781984854216","title":"American Indian Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking Dakota author and activist chronicles her refusal to assimilate into nineteenth-century white society and her mission to preserve her culture\u003cb\u003e—with an introduction by Layli Long Soldier, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award for \u003ci\u003eWhereas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Bright and carefree, Zitkála-Šá grows up on the Yankton Sioux reservation in South Dakota with her mother until Quaker missionaries arrive, offering the reservation’s children a free education. The catch: They must leave their parents behind and travel to Indiana. Curious about the world beyond the reservation, Zitkála-Šá begs her mother to let her go—and her mother, aware of the advantages that an education offers, reluctantly agrees.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  But the missionary school is not the adventure that Zitkála-Šá expected: The school is a strict one, her long hair is cut short, and only English is spoken. She encounters racism and ridicule. Slowly, Zitkála-Šá adapts to her environment—excelling at her studies, winning prizes for essay-writing and oration. But the price of success is estrangement from her cultural roots—and is it one she is willing to pay? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Combining Zitkála-Šá’s childhood memories, her short stories, and her poetry, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Indian Stories \u003c\/i\u003eis the origin story of an activist in the making, a remarkable woman whose extraordinary career deserves wider recognition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":58339482403203,"sku":"9781984854216","price":16.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9781984854216.jpg?v=1782500102","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/american-indian-stories-9781984854216","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}