SARAH WINNEMUCCA The voice of the Paiutes — and the conscience of America I L L U S T R AT I O N
CELIA KRAMPIEN
In America, the 19th century was an era of gold rushes, westward expansion and Manifest Destiny. A time of optimism and opportunity.
That is, if you were a white man.
Native Americans didn’t have it so good. In a time when Western tribes were continually displaced by white civilization, Nevada-born Sarah Winnemucca, Paiute activist, served as America’s conscience.
... And overseen by indifferent (or cruel) bureaucrats.
Like many natives, Winnemucca had been angered by treatment of Western tribes that had been exiled to reservations ...
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