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In this book the reader will find the sad story of a century—no, not the whole story, but the fragmentary story of isolated tribes. The author will have her reward if it shall aid in securing justice to a noble and a wronged race.
In 1881, Helen Hunt Jackson published A Century of Dishonor, a history of the injustices visited upon Native Americans. Exposing the many wrongs perpetrated by her country, she hoped “to redeem the name of the United States from the stain of a century of dishonor.”.
Mar 15, 2024 · A Century of Dishonor (1881) arraigned U.S. government policy toward Indigenous peoples; in its introductory material, Jackson describes her book’s purpose as “simply to show our causes for national shame in the matter of our treatment of the Indians.”
Nov 27, 2015 · 50560. Release Date. Nov 27, 2015. Copyright Status. Public domain in the USA. Downloads. 223 downloads in the last 30 days. Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
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A Century of Dishonor (1884) is a work of nonfiction by Helen Hunt Jackson. Inspired by a speech given by Ponca chief Standing Bear in Boston, A Century of Dishonor attempts to...
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First published in 1881 and reprinted in numerous editions since, Helen Hunt Jackson’s A Century of Dishonor is a classic account of the U.S. government’s flawed Indian policy and the...
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May 1, 2001 · A Century of Dishonor. Helen Hunt Jackson, H. B. Whipple, Julius H. Seelye. Digital Scanning Inc, May 1, 2001 - History - 532 pages. Originally published over 100 years ago, A Century...
