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Sarah Winnemucca /
This book is the triumphant and moving story of Sarah Winnemucca (1844-91), one of the most influential and charismatic Native women in American history. Born into a legendary family of Paiute leaders in western Nevada, Sarah dedicated much of her life to working for her people. She played an instru...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
©2001.
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| Colección: | American Indian lives.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The World of the Paiutes: "Many years ago, when my people were happier than they are now"
- The San Joaquin: "Rag friend"
- Genoa: "Our dear good friend, Major Ormsby"
- The Pine Nut Mountains: "I felt the world growing cold"
- Winnemucca Lake: "It is a fearful thing to tell, but it must be told"
- Camp McDermit: "Can you wonder that I like to have my people taken care of by the army?"
- Winnemucca: "I would willingly throw off the garments of civilization and mount my pony"
- Malheur Reservation: "I cannot tell or express how happy we were"
- The Bannock War Begins: "I, only an Indian woman, went and saved my father and his people"
- The Bannock War: "I had a vision, and I was screaming in my sleep"
- Yakama Reservation: "I am crying out to you for justice"
- Washington DC: "This which I hold in my hand is our only hope"
- Fort Vancouver: "For shame! For shame! You dare to cry out liberty when you hold us in places against our will"
- Boston: "I pray of you, I implore of you, I beseech of you, hear our pitiful cry to you, sweep away the agency system"
- Lovelock: "Education has done it all"
- Henry's Lake: "Let my name die out and be forgotten"
- Epilogue: Sarah Today.