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Here is the story of how sometimes the greatest leaps also posed the greatest threats to human advancement

American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other Writings art theory Pickup trucks and eaglesZitkala Sa wrestled with the conflicting influences of American Indian and white culture throughout her life. Raised on a Sioux reservation, she was educated at boarding schools that enforced assimilation and was witness to major events in white Indian relations in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Tapping her troubled personal history, Zitkala Sa created stories that illuminate the tragedy and complexity of the American Indian experience. In evocative