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Waterlily, New Edition

By: Ella Cara Deloria
Narrated by: Pamela Hershey
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When Blue Bird and her grandmother leave their family's camp to gather beans for the long, threatening winter, they inadvertently avoid the horrible fate that befalls the rest of the family. Luckily, the two women are adopted by a nearby Dakota community and are eventually integrated into their kinship circles. Ella Cara Deloria's tale follows Blue Bird and her daughter, Waterlily, through the intricate kinship practices that created unity among her people.

Waterlily, published after Deloria's death and generally viewed as the masterpiece of her career, offers a captivating glimpse into the daily life of the 19th-century Sioux. This new Bison Books edition features an introduction by Susan Gardner.

The book is published by University of Nebraska Press.

©1998 University of Nebraska Press (P)2018 Redwood Audiobooks Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Native American
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It’s a wonderful story of 19th Century Lakota life. It is unfortunate that it isn’t read by a Lakota woman.

Great story but Lakota narrator needed

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