Sarah Winnemucca

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Sarah Winnemucca was a 19th-century Northern Paiute author, educator, and activist known for her advocacy for Native American rights and her influential autobiography "Life Among the Piutes."

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instanceOf Native American rights activist
activist
autobiographer
autobiography
educator
human
alternativeName Princess Sarah NERFINISHED
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author Sarah Winnemucca NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1844
circa 1844
dateOfDeath 1891
educatedAt Catholic school in San Jose, California
ethnicGroup Native American
ethnicity Northern Paiute NERFINISHED
father Chief Winnemucca NERFINISHED
founded a school for Native American children near Lovelock, Nevada
gender female
knownFor Northern Paiute leadership
advocacy for Native American rights
writing one of the first autobiographies by a Native American woman
languageSpoken English
Northern Paiute NERFINISHED
Spanish
memberOf Northern Paiute people NERFINISHED
movement Native American civil rights
notableEvent lectured widely in the eastern United States on Native American issues
met with U.S. government officials to advocate for Paiute land and rights
served as an interpreter and scout for the U.S. Army during the Bannock War
notableWork Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims NERFINISHED
occupation activist
educator
interpreter
lecturer
translator
writer
placeOfBirth near Humboldt Lake, Nevada Territory
placeOfDeath Henry County, Nevada NERFINISHED
relative Natchez NERFINISHED
Numaga NERFINISHED
residence California, United States
surface form: California

Nevada Territory NERFINISHED
Oregon NERFINISHED
subjectOf biographies about Northern Paiute leaders
scholarly studies in Native American literature

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Chief Winnemucca hasRelative Sarah Winnemucca
Chief Winnemucca influenced Sarah Winnemucca