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Sarah (née Winnemucca) Hopkins (c. 1844 – October 17, 1891) was a Northern Paiute writer, activist, lecturer, teacher, and school organizer. Her Northern Paiute name was Thocmentony , also spelled Tocmetone , [1] which translates as " Shell Flower ."
Sarah Winnemucca, born in 1844, was a member of the Paiute tribe in present-day Nevada. She worked as an interpreter and negotiator between American Indian tribes and the U.S. Army.
Sarah Winnemucca (born c. 1844, Humboldt Sink, Mexico [now in Nevada, U.S.]—died October 16, 1891, Monida, Montana, U.S.) was a Native American educator, lecturer, tribal leader, and writer best known for her book Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims (1883).
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Life Among the Piutes is Sarah Winnemucca’s powerful legacy to both cultures, the Native Americans and the whites. It appeared in 1883, the first book ever published that was written by a Native American woman.
Jul 27, 2016 · Sarah Winnemucca Devoted Her Life to Protecting Native Americans in the Face of an Expanding United States. The 19th-century visionary often found herself stuck between two cultures. Rosalyn...
Winnemucca, Sarah (1844–1891) Native American who lectured and wrote about the ill-treatment of her people and campaigned for the rights of American Indians. Name variations: Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins; Paiute name was Thoc-metony, Thocmetony, or Toc-me-to-ne ("Shell-Flower").
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Sarah Winnemucca, a Paiute, had a clear purpose in life: “I mean to fight for my down-trodden race while life lasts.” Winnemucca lived part of her adult life on reservations in Oregon and was an important figure in the Bannock Indian War of 1878 before becoming a nationally prominent spokesperson for Indian justice.
