Biography, Frontier and pioneer life, Women biography, Indigenous peoples, United States travel and geography
Human-narrated audio
Born into the Northern Paiute tribe, daring Sarah Winnemucca scouted during wartime and became a writer and spokesperson for her…
people. On the Paiutes' behalf, she met and with the president and lectured about her people's needs and way of life. She wrote a book about the Paiutes in 1883, and later opened an unusual school for Native American children. Sarah Winnemucca's personal strengths created a legacy that some Northern Paiutes scorned, but which ultimately benefited her people. Some violence