"1971"^^ . "1889"^^ . . "Ella Cara Deloria"@en . . "1889-01-31"^^ . "Ella Cara Deloria (January 31, 1889 \u2013 February 12, 1971), also called A\u014Bp\u00E9tu Wa\u0161t\u00E9 Wi\u014B (Beautiful Day Woman), was an educator, anthropologist, ethnographer, linguist, and novelist of European American and Native American ancestry. She recorded Native American oral history and legends, and she also contributed to the study of Native American languages. According to Cotera (2008), Deloria was \"a pre-eminent expert on D/L/Nakota cultural religious, and linguistic practices.\" In the 1940s, Deloria wrote a novel titled Waterlily, which was published in 1988, and republished in 2009."@en .