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"Oh, for shame... Yes, you, who call yourselves the great civilization... your so-called civilization sweeps inland from the ocean wave; but, oh, my God! leaving its pathway marked by crimson lines of blood; and strewed by the bones of two races, the inheritor and the invader;... Read Full Overview

Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins (c. 1844 - 1891) was a Northern Paiute author, activist and educator. Winnemucca published Life Among the Paiutes: Their Wrongs and Claims (1883), a book that is both a memoir and history of her people during their first 40 years of contact with European... Read Full Overview

Life Among the Paiutes is considered the "first known autobiography written by a Native American woman." This is both an autobiographic memoir and history of the Paiute people during their first forty years of contact with European Americans. It Anthropologist Omer Stewart described... Read Full Overview

Life Among the Paiutes (1883) is a book by Sarah Winnemucca. Written toward the end of a lifetime of advocacy on behalf of Native Americans, Life Among the Paiutes is a hybrid work of history and memoir by Sarah Winnemucca, who witnessed firsthand the dangers... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Life Among the Paiutes (1883) is a book by Sarah Winnemucca. Written toward the end of a lifetime of advocacy on behalf of Native Americans, Life Among the Paiutes is a hybrid work of history and memoir by Sarah Winnemucca, who witnessed firsthand the dangers... Read Full Overview

Life Among the Paiutes was first published in 1883, and the work of Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins still stands among the most important and most compelling books on western Native Americans. It's one of the earliest books written by a Native woman, and it details her own life and... Read Full Overview

Life Among the Paiutes was first published in 1883, and the work of Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins still stands among the most important and most compelling books on western Native Americans. It's one of the earliest books written by a Native woman, and it details her own life and... Read Full Overview

This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Life Among The Piutes: Their Wrongs And Claims is a non-fiction book written by Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, a member of the Paiute tribe. The book was first published in 1883 and is considered to be one of the earliest autobiographical accounts of Native American life. In the book,... Read Full Overview