This eBook edition of "Life Among the Piutes: The First Autobiography of a Native American Woman" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. 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 it as "one of the first and one of the most enduring ethnohistorical books written by an American Indian." Contents: First Meeting of Piutes and Whites Domestic and Social Moralities Wars and Their Causes Captain Truckee's Death Reservation of Pyramid and Muddy Lakes The Malheur Agency The Bannock War The Yakima Affair

In "Life Among the Piutes: The First Autobiography of a Native American Woman" by Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, readers are presented with a unique and powerful account of the life of a Native American woman in the 19th century. The book provides a poignant glimpse into the history and culture of the Piute tribe, shedding light on the experiences of indigenous peoples during a tumultuous time of colonization and displacement. Written in a straightforward and sincere style, the narrative combines personal anecdotes with social commentary, making it a valuable historical document and a compelling read for those interested in Native American literature and history. The book's literary context lies within the tradition of Native American autobiography, showcasing the resilience and strength of indigenous voices in the face of adversity.

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 it as "one of the first and one of the most enduring ethnohistorical books written by an American Indian." Contents: First Meeting of Piutes and Whites Domestic and Social Moralities Wars and Their Causes Captain Truckee's Death Reservation of Pyramid and Muddy Lakes The Malheur Agency The Bannock War The Yakima Affair

In 1883 she produced her autobiography - the first written by a Native American woman. Using private contributions, she returned to Nevada and founded a Native school whose educational practices and standards were far ahead of its time. [This book is] composed not only of public challenges and accomplishments but also of private struggles, joys, and ambitions. Unforgettable glimpses of her personality and private life leap from these pages: her notorious sharp tongue and wit, her love of performance, her place in a legendary family of Paiute leaders, her long string of failed relationships, and, at the end, possible poisoning by a romantic rival."--BOOK JACKET.

Describes the life of a Paiute woman who worked as an interpreter, scout, and spokesperson for her tribe in Washington

History and legends of the Klamath Indians.

Between 1879 and 1934, the United States government made a concerted effort to dissolve American Indian tribes by allotting communally held lands and forcing them to adopt Euro-American practices. Yet women seized a wave of national fascination with American Indians to challenge the national drive to assimilate indigenous peoples. This book focuses on three women of this era -- the white writer and activist Helen Hunt Jackson, whose 1884 bestseller Ramona has been dubbed "the 'Indian' Uncle Tom's Cabin; " the Paiute performer Sarah Winnemucca, whose Life Among the Piutes is believed to be the first Native woman's autobiography; and Victoria Howard, the Clackamas Chinook storyteller, who worked with Melville Jacobs in 1929 to transcribe hundreds of narratives, ethnographic texts, and songs. Senier is the first to offer a reading of the texts of these three women together and her unique presentation of American Indian oral narrative alongside written narrative recovers a discourse of resistance to assimilation in general and allotment in particular in the voices of American Indian and women artists.

Sarah Winnemucca, daughter of a Paiute chief, presents in her autobiography a Native American viewpoint on the impact of whites settling in the West.

Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims is the first known autobiography by an a Native American woman. Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins' riveting, heartbreaking memoir is both a history of the Piute Indian tribe and an account of the devastation caused to the Piute people after their first contact with white men in the nineteenth century. "For students of Western American history, this book is invaluable." - Journal of the West.