Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (Zitkála-Šá)
Basic Information Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, also known by her pen name Zitkála-Šá, was born as Gertrude Simmons February 22nd, 1876. She was born on the Yankton Reservation, at the time making up what was left of Sioux land, and what white Americans know as South Dakota. After getting an education at Quaker institutions, she would…