Ella Cara Deloria Quotes

1889–1971 United States

Ella Cara Deloria (January 31, 1889 – February 12, 1971), also called Aŋpétu Wašté Wiŋ (Beautiful Day Woman), was a Yankton Dakota (Sioux) educator, anthropologist, ethnographer, linguist, and novelist.

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All progress depends on contacts and the resulting exchange of new ideas.

Speaking of Indians (1944)

All human progress was slow at the beginning, but at least it was cumulative as long as peoples could occasionally get in touch with each other.

Speaking of Indians (1944)

imagination and inventiveness are common human potentialities. All people invent.

Speaking of Indians (1944)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ella Cara Deloria (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.