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Life Among the Piutes Their Wrongs and Claims Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins 9781141005413 Books
Great book on life among the Indians. Recommend the following similar 99-cent books on life among the Indians:1. Bird Woman (Sacajawea) the Guide of Lewis and Clark: Her Own Story Now First Given to the World (1918)
2. My Life as an Indian: The Story of a Red Woman and a White Man in the Lodges of the Blackfeet (1907)
3. The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth : Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians (1856)
4. Waheenee: An Indian Girl's Story (1921) (Active Table of Contents)
5. The Old North Trail: Or, Life, Legends and Religion of the Blackfeet Indians (1910) (2.99)
6. Two Wilderness Voyagers: A True Tale of Indian Life (1902)
7. Stories from Indian Wigwams and Northern Campfires (1892) (Linked Table of Contents)
8. Altowan, or Incidents of Life and Adventure in the Rocky Mountains (1846)
9. Pocahontas: Alias Matoaka, and Her Descendants Through Her Marriage at Jamestown, Virginia, in April, 1614, with John Rolfe, Gentleman (1887)
10. Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader (1791)
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Life Among the Piutes Their Wrongs and Claims Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins 9781141005413 Books Reviews
Was a little disappointed. It was not so much about living when the piute AZ it was at the end of the so-called Indian Wars acclimating to American Life. Was totally disappointed did not finish all of it
Sarah was a Paiute Indian woman born in Nevada in the early 19th century when the white man began their Westward
expansion. During her early childhood, she stayed with friendly whites where she learned English thus enabling her to argue
her people's plight - the murderous destruction of the Paiutes by US Calvary and vengeful Whites. The US Calvary couldn't tell one Indian from another so they ravaged any tribe they could blame for theft or murder of a White. And so it goes.
Sarah also describes her wonderful early life and customs of the Paiute. Sarah authored many books all describing her people. She was relentless, testy and fearless. Ladies of today, Sarah was one of the first feminists! A remarkable woman.
I read to learn as well as for pleasure. I did learn a little from this book, but the style of writing and repetition made it too much work to be worth reading.
Mrs Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins was and is an inspiration to me, considering what she, and with utmost respect, almost anyone who has suffered greatly, endured, and persevered her will to maintain her family & tribe's culture, identity and way of life against all odds.
She shall always 'walking in beauty', along with her descendants and so many people like her with the Great Spirit's love in my prayerful thoughts.
I am thankful and grateful to her for touching my life though her contributions, efforts, devotion and her legacy
This is a very informative book about northern Nevada and Washington Indian and settler relations between around 1855 and 1900. Winnemucca was born in 1844, so there was much history between the Europeans, the US government and various Indian tribes before she got involved as a translator for the Army and various Indian agents. I think it shows how complicated things were, how prejudices often develop from mistaken facts and then things get compounded through revenge.
Interesting narrative by Sarah Winnemucca on her life among her own Piute people, and the wrongs done to them by the various reservation agents who were supposed to be looking after the interests of the Indians but were instead stealing from them. I think Sarah may have exaggerated her influence among her people as women of that period in history weren't held in quite such esteem as she made out. I also believe she played down her peoples role in the hostilities going on at the time, understandably so, as she was desperate to minimize any punishment that might be meted out to them if seen as the guilty party. But it is hard to believe they were always in the right as she seems to suggest.
I've given this book four stars instead of five because I suspect she wasn't always strictly truthful, but even taking that into account it was shocking what was done to the Piute people by those who ought to have been looking after them.
For those interested in the history of western America in the 1800’s, this personal memoir from Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins provides an interesting alternate view. Grand-daughter and daughter of Piute chiefs, Ms. Hopkins’ initial encounter with “white men” inspired fear (she believed they would eat her).
Ms. Hopkins overcame her fear and became a much-used interpreter between her tribe and the settlers and soldiers who assumed ownership of the land the Piutes had lived on for centuries. The book chronicles not only her personal history, but includes Ms. Hopkins’ struggle with remaining loyal to people who did not always follow through on their promises. It documents the first years of contact between the Piutes and the European American settlers.
The Appendix presents numerous letters from soldiers and citizens, most of them corroborating the information Ms. Hopkins presents in her book. As a historical memoir, this book is considered the first known autobiography by a Native American woman. It should also be thought of as a must-read for any student of American history. Five stars.
Great book on life among the Indians. Recommend the following similar 99-cent books on life among the Indians
1. Bird Woman (Sacajawea) the Guide of Lewis and Clark Her Own Story Now First Given to the World (1918)
2. My Life as an Indian The Story of a Red Woman and a White Man in the Lodges of the Blackfeet (1907)
3. The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians (1856)
4. Waheenee An Indian Girl's Story (1921) (Active Table of Contents)
5. The Old North Trail Or, Life, Legends and Religion of the Blackfeet Indians (1910) (2.99)
6. Two Wilderness Voyagers A True Tale of Indian Life (1902)
7. Stories from Indian Wigwams and Northern Campfires (1892) (Linked Table of Contents)
8. Altowan, or Incidents of Life and Adventure in the Rocky Mountains (1846)
9. Pocahontas Alias Matoaka, and Her Descendants Through Her Marriage at Jamestown, Virginia, in April, 1614, with John Rolfe, Gentleman (1887)
10. Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader (1791)
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