Shelf2life Native American Studies Collection- Life Among the Piutes Their Wrongs and Claims

This autobiographical work was written by one of America's best known native American women, Sarah Winnemucca. She was a Paiute princess and a major figure in the history of both Nevada and her tribe, which lived and still resides primarily in the state. "Life Among the Piutes" deals with Winnemucca's life and the plight of the Paiute Indians.;"Life Among the Piutes" is Winnemucca's powerful legacy to both white and Paiute cultures. Following the oral tradition of native American people, she reaches out to readers with a deeply personal appeal for understanding. She also records historical events from a profoundly unique perspective. She managed to record the Native American viewpoint of whites settling in the West, told in a language that was not her own and by a woman during the time when even white women were not allowed to vote. This was a monumental task, second only to the work she performed every day to promote understanding across cultures.;"Life Among the Piutes" was originally published in 1883. Sarah Winnemucca was inducted into the Nevada Writers' Hall of Fame in 1993.