Waterlily By Ella Cara Deloria
Beginning of paper
Mn. History 2-3-97
Waterlily is a book based on the events that happen within a particular
Dakota Indian family's life. Not only does it depict the affairs of blue Bird's
life and her family, but it documents the rituals and culture of the Dakota
people. With illustrative words and graphic detai ....
Middle of paper
.... value. He demonstrates this effectively when he “throws away his
wife” (p. 16) at a victory dance. Men weren't suppose to publicly display
emotion in Dakota tradition.
After being publicly humiliated, Blue Bird, her grandmother and Waterlily
luckily and happily ran into their family's tiyospaye. The reason why it was so
fortunate is because Blue Birds parents and brothers were killed one day when
Blue Bird was about fourteen. They were taken in and made to feel at home.
Along wi ....
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Word count: 350
Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
