Ella Cara Deloria: Dakota Language Protector buffalo Placed in a government school

Placed in a government school to learn the ways of a white child

and the feeling of being loved by the universe and despised by everyone you've ever known

dewdrops glisten from leaves

Alternating between these two records

and Gertrude Buckanaga

Ella Cara Deloria: Dakota Language Protector buffalo Placed in a government schoolGrowing up, Ella Cara Deloria loved listening to her family tell stories in the Dakota language. As an adult, she recorded many Native American peoples stories and languages and shared them with everyone. She helped protect her peoples language for future generations. From recording stories to writing stories of her own, learn all about the life of Deloria.