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I don t know about you, but I learn a lot from Google Doodles. Anytime it s a person that I don t recognize, I click it and find out!
Today, I was pleasantly surprised that Zitkala-Sa was from South Dakota. Once, I started reading about her I couldn t believe I had never heard of her before. She sounds like she was a pretty amazing woman.
Zitkala-Sa was today s Google Doodle because it is her 145th birthday.
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She was born in 1876 on the Yankton Indian Reservation in the then Dakota Territory. Her name is Lakota for Red Bird. Her mother was Dakota and her father was of German/American descent. He left when Zitkala-Sa was very young.
February 22, 2021 at 4:55pm
Zitkala-Å a (pronounced “Zit-KA-la Sha”), an Indigenous rights activist and a former Arlington resident, is the Google Doodle today (Monday), in honor of her 145th birthday.
The writer, editor, translator and political activist of Yankton Lakota Sioux descent lived in Lyon Park for 13 years before her death in 1938.
She is featured in the doodle with illustrations of cardinals, as her name translates to “Red Bird,” as well as a violin, which she studied at the New England Conservatory of Music.
She recently received recognition from Arlington County as well. On Dec. 12, the Arlington County Board approved a request by the Lyon Park Citizens Association to rename Henry Clay Park after her. The park at 3011 7th Street N. remains closed while it undergoes extensive renovations, which the county expects to complete by April.
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