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.
  • A typical "kidding" between brothers-in-law (1937)
    Deloria recounts a conversation she heard between three men who are related through marriage. It demonstrates the unique relationships between siblings in-law.
  • A Family Quarrel (1937)
    The narrator tells of a neighboring family made up of a widow who quickly got remarried to a younger man. This story is full of descriptions of kinship and gender expectations.
  • What a Foolish Woman Said (1937)
    This provides a description of the origin and use of a common sarcastic phrase about a sinew stretcher.