1. Ella Cara Deloria
  2. Ella Cara Deloria

Ella Cara Deloria

Date arrived: 
Jan 31st 1889
Arrived in: 
Yankton Reservation
Date departed: 
Feb 12th 1972
Departed from: 
Wagner, SD, USA
Other Names: 
Aŋpétu Wašté Wíŋ (Lakota)

Contributed to

  • Song of the Dog Society #6 (1928)
  • A Dakota Pun (1930)
    The speaker tells a funny story of a Teton man named Joseph Paints Yellow in Santee. Joe says he will pray for the khúža. The Elder Santee man jokes that there are plenty of khúža loitering about the store.
  • How marbles were made (1937)
    The speaker recalls how her grandmother made marbles by melting old bullets and molding them in the earth. These were then used for bowling games played on the ice, which people would bet on.
  • Čhetáŋ Máza (1937)
    Deloria recalls the adventures of Oglala culture hero Iron Hawk, noting "I remember with extra-ordinary clearness the odd words which I do not usually use or hear, which go with some of these scenes and speeches.”
  • Wakȟáŋyaŋ Hinážiŋ (1937)
    This legend is from a long-time informant of Deloria, who is remembering as far back as he can. It explains the beginnings of three ceremonies brought by Standing Holy.