Why has Zitkala Sa not mentioned her father yet In the autoblography? Zittala Sats father had been cruel to her as a kid, so she left him out on purpose. Zittala Sa's father died while trying to free her from the boarding school, so he may show up later. ) Zitkala Sets father is one of the missionaries., and she was too ashamed to mention it. ) Zitkala Sa never really knew her father-he left her mother when Sa was a baby,