Gina CapaldiAnmeldelser

In 1871, a five-year-old Yawapati boy was kidnapped by Pima Indians and sold to a white man. This true story details the boy’s struggles, adventures, and longing for his family, and how he grew up to become a doctor and advocate for Native American rights. Afterword, Bibliography.

Gertrude Simmons was born in 1876 in South Dakota on Yankton Sioux reservation. She left home at the age of 8 to go to boarding school. She loved learning to read and write and had quite the talent for speaking in public. She also loved music lessons. She found herself missing home and feeling as though she was "caught between two worlds not able to be fully in one or the other. She missed home and found herself speaking publicly about inequality for women and the mistreatment of her people. She began writing in the Atlantic Monthly and became Zitkala-Sa or Red Bird. She continued writing and playing music. She and her husband continued their fight for equality for their people. The authors paraphrased the semiautobiographical stories Zitkala-Sa wrote in the Atlantic Monthly and combined them with information about her from a variety of sources.

960

Genre: Biography
Age Appropriateness: 1st-4th
Media: Acrylic paint and Digital media?
Review/Critique:
One day Zitkala ended up leaving her reservation to become educated at a White Missionary school. The transition was very difficult and she felt like she had lost parts of her culture. As she got older she adapted to her new life and she ended up going to college. Her road was tough, but she ended up doing great things.

This is a good biography because the story format makes it very accessible to kids. It doesn't cover information from birth to death, but more focuses on her life from 7 through young adult. The pictures are very vibrant and the words are very understandable for a younger audience.

I really enjoyed this book and the history events including the main character. If I was a history teacher then I would buy this book, if it was the appropriate grade level of course. Great details was shared in the book and made it seem as if I was there. Really liked how the author wrote the book as well as the pictures that were presented.

This book retells the life of Zitkala-Sa A.K.A. Gertrude Simmons. She was a Native American from South Dakota who left the reservation at 8-years-old to go to boarding school in Indiana. The book is based on her stories and her artwork. This is a lovely book that examines the challenges of balancing new and heritage cultures.

This was a touching story of a Sioux Indian girl who, in 1884, was sent away from her home to attend a missionaries's boarding school. The book describes her growth and development as one who could "sing" or speak for her people, and as a musician and author.

This was another beautifully written book from the collection of books we were required to read as part of our lesson. What an amazing person she was and what a life story to share with us all.

So interesting and inspiring, Again expressing Arizona history in different lights is important, so children aren't blinded by American History books. Also had real pictures from history to connect to the story.

A biographical picture book about the life of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, a Native American activist and doctor who went on to become well known for his writings in support of Native American rights. The story is abut his young life, after he was kidnapped and sold into slavery.

This is an okay book about an amazing Native American woman. This is my review so I'll just come out and say it; "Zitkala-Sa deserves better." The story is cobbled together from "Atlantic Monthly" magazine articles she wrote. It interchanges words like "Anglo" and "White man" as well as using the adjectives "wild" and "noble." If these were her words then I guess I have no qualms. They just seem so ham handed and unenlightened. The layout of the book is interesting but the illustrations are uninspired. I'm glad to know her story. I wish the book were better.

This beautiful biographical picture story gives journal-type entries about the life of Zitkala-Sa, a Yankton Sioux woman who eloquently spoke and wrote for the rights of Native Americans and women.

Story about a boy Yavapai Indian, captured by the Pima Indians, and adopted by a photographer in a slave sale. The boy is educated and serves his people as a doctor and speaks out for civil rights for his people. Dr, Montezuma never forgets where he came from.

Good use of primary source material.

Nice biography of American Indian experience.

This story is about Dr. Carlos Montezuma. He was a Native American who had been captured and sold as a slave to a man who treated him as a son. Carlos Montezuma became a doctor, and a teacher. He also fought for the rights of his ancestral people. He had grown up in the "white man's world".
This story reminded me of learning about inequality between races as a child.
This story is great for teaching about slavery. African Americans are the ones we hear so much about being enslaved, but they were freed before Native Americans.
This story is also great for teaching about activists.

A great story for elementary students about the truths of living as a native American in the early 20th century. Great illustrations and little stories to break the plot down for early readers.

In this paraphrase of original texts by Red Bird, author Gina Capaldi retells the stories of this Native American girl who grew up between the world of her native people and the white people.

“It was night when we reached the school grounds and were led toward an open door. The noisy hurrying of hard shoes upon a bare wooden floor whirring in my ears frightened me, and I began to cry. The Angos could not understand the cause of my tears and placed me at a table loaded with food. Because of my sobs, I could swallow very little that evening. I was tucked into bed with one of the tall girls. She talked to me in my mother’s tongue and soothed me. Many events would follow, which would force me to be brave in a cold, unknown world.”½

The story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, from his capture by a warring tribe to his life as a doctor, written in first person.

The last 12 years of Dr. Montezuma's life were spent fighting for his ancestral lpeople's right to remain on their homeland. When he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, Dr. Montezuma left Chicago and moved back to his childhood home in the Arizona mountains, where he died in 1923.

Summary- A young Native American boy is taken from his family when his village is raided by the US Army. He is sold into slavery, lives a childhood full of change and eventually becomes a doctor.

Strength- Layout
On almost every page there is a side strip with actual photographs taken of Carlos and his family. Underneath the photos are descriptions and historical explanations.

Use with Children- This would be a great book to help bring about the discussion of culture to young children. What would it be like if you were taken from your family and moved to a completely new culture? How did Carlos feel living in an unfamiliar culture?

This is an amazing story of a Native American boy called Wassaja which was kidnapped from his village of Yavapai people. His captors sold him to an Italian man called Carlo Gentile. He bought Wassaja not for slavery but to adopt him as his son. They traveled together for a long time until Gentile realized that it is time for Wassaja to settle down and go to school. Wassaja did very good in school and graduated from college at the age of seventeen. He had a lot of roles in his life, a doctor, lecturer, researcher, and publisher.
This book is a compilation of Wassaja's letters to professor Holmes which was writing about Wassaja's life. I liked the way the author put all of the letters together. They are authentic, and the letters, illustrations, and the pictures makes it possible for the reader to imagine Wassaja's life in those days.

Wow this story was rough. It is amazing that he overcame so much! I don't know what I would do if I was seperated from my family like he was.

A true story of a Yawapati Native American boy who lived a life when there was little or no regard for Native Americans. He was kidnapped and sold as a slave and raised in a strange culture. Dr. Carlos Montezuma recalls his life via a five page letter written to the Smithsonian Institution in 1905 in a response to Professor H.W. Holmes's request for the story of his life.

Very good story of a young indian who was stolen as a child, sold as a slave, became a doctor and an advocate for native americans.