Sarah Winnemucca of the Northern Paiutes

by Gae Whitney Canfield and Canfield

Book Overview

Of the many Native American women who were torn between two cultures on the American frontier, three have captured the popular imagination: Pocahontas, Sacajawea, and Sarah Winnemucca. This is the first full-scale biography of Sarah, the daughter of a Northern Paiute chief in western Nevada.

During her short but adventurous life between about 1844 and 1891-Sarah Winnemucca worked tirelessly for the physical welfare and education of the Paiutes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806120908
• ISBN13: 9780806120904
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Sarah Winnemucca

Read AFTER you read Sarah's own book. Corrects forgivable mistakes of the mind, getting things slightly out of order. Makes little difference to Sarah's account. You need to know the areas in dispute to be better able to dismiss the critics.