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Zitkala-Ša (Gertrude Simmons Bonnin) (1876-1938) Zitkala-Ša was a writer, musician, teacher, and a Native American political activist.

  • Zitkála-Šá (“Red Bird”), also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was a Native American musician, writer and activist who fought for women's suffrage and.
  • Zitkala-Ša, also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was a Native American suffragist, writer and activist.
  • Yankton Sioux (Nakota) writer and activist Gertrude Simmons Bonnin was born in 1876 and grew up on the Yankton Agency in South Dakota.
  • In 2013 President Barack Obama nominated Humetewa to serve as a judge on Native American activist and writer of the Sioux tribe Gertrude Simmons Bonnin.

    • Zitkala-Ša, also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was a Native American suffragist, writer and activist..

    Zitkala-Ša, Native American Rights Activist, Honored on New Quarter

    Zitkala-Ša (1876–1938) worked throughout her lifetime to give voice and rights to Native Americans, including Indigenous citizenship and women’s suffrage.

    For two decades, I have had the honor to research her life and impact in American history through Smithsonian collection photographs. More recently, I nominated Zitkala-Ša for the American Women Quarters Program. Her story was selected for the 2024 quarter series.

    Portraits of Zitkala-Ša from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and National Museum of American History were consulted for the design of the coin with the intent to (re)focus attention on giving her a rightful place in American women’s history.

    The words “Author, Activist, Composer” were included in the design to amplify her role as a teacher, musician, and writer, and to consider the social and intellectual connections that fostered her success.

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