In the early twentieth century three women of color helped shape a new world of ethnographic discovery ella cara deloria a sioux woman from south dakota zora neale hurston an african american woman from florida and jovita gonzalez a mexican american woman from the texas borderlands achieved renown in the fields of folklore studies anthropology and ethnolinguistics during the 1920s . Native speakers ella deloria zora neale hurston jovita gonzalez and the poetics of culture and cultural sites of critical insight philosophy aesthetics and african american and native . Ella cara deloria a sioux woman from south dakota zora neale hurston an african american woman from florida and jovita gonzalez a mexican american woman from the texas borderlands achieved renown in the fields of folklore studies anthropology and ethnolinguistics during the 1920s and 1930s. Native speakers ella deloria zora neale hurston jovita gonzalez and the poetics of culture by mara eugenia cotera 2010 01 04 mara eugenia cotera books amazonca. Native speakers ella deloria zora neale hurston jovita gonzalez and the poetics of culture by maria eugenia cotera published january 2010 maria eugenia cotera books amazonca