Born on this day – Gertrude Simmons Bonnin:

Gertrude Simmons Bonnin

aka Zitkala-Ša

Writer

Librettist

Musician: violin & flute

Teacher

Editor

Translator

Native American activist

February 22, 1876 – January 26, 1938

Credits:

American Indian Stories (1921); Oklahoma's Poor Rich Indians (1923);

Old Indian Legends (1901); The Sun Dance Opera (1913).