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

  • 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.
  • An old time custom at meals (1937)
    This tells the custom of carrying your own dishes, and of Elders placing a knife in the dirt as a means of asking for seconds. Then tells of a man accidentally hurting himself with that knife.

  • Muskrat and the Beaver (1937)
    This tells of Muskrat, who was once blessed with a great tail, until Beaver asked him to swap. Now Beaver won't swap back!