Sarah Winnemucca.

Lincoln, Nebraska:: University of Nebraska Press, 2001.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: orange cloth with gilt spine text; a Very Good+ book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Notes, bibliography, index. Description: This copy is Signed by the author. Includes a few black and white illustrations. ''The triumphant and moving story of Sarah Winnemucca (1844-91), one of the most influential and charismatic Native American women in American history. Born in a Paiute community in western Nevada at a time when the Paiutes' homeland and traditional way of life were increasingly threatened, Sarah dedicated much of her life to working for her people. She played an instrumental and controversial role as interpreter and messenger for the U.S; Army during the Bannock War of 1878 and traveled to Washington in 1880 to obtain the release of her people from confinement on the Yakama reservation. She toured the East Coast in the 1880s, tirelessly giving speeches about the plight to her people. In 1883 she produced her autobiography -- the first written by a Native American woman. Sally Zanjani's extensively researched and sensitive portrait of t his remarkable woman is complex and compelling, composed not only of public challenges and accomplishments but also of private struggles, joys, and ambitions.'' This is a volume in the American Indian Lives series.