A Century of Dishonour: A Sketch of the United States GovernmentÂ’s Dealings with Some of the North American Tribes (Cambridge Library Collection - North American History)

Author and activist Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–85) is remembered for her work in support of Native American rights. She was also a friend and correspondent of the poet Emily Dickinson, and her own verse was praised by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Her highly popular novel Ramona (1884) addressed discrimination against Native Americans, raising public consciousness as Harriet Beecher Stowe had done for slavery in Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852). Jackson's novel emerged out of her passionate seeking of justice for her country's indigenous peoples. She describes decades of government-sanctioned mistreatment of Native Americans in this 1881 publication. The work introduces seven major tribes, their claims to ancestral lands, and the history of broken treaties and massacres they had endured. Alongside this, Jackson also presents details of Native American culture, resilience and creativity. This remains a vital and substantial account of minority persecution in North American history.
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An aparitie	2014
Autor	Helen Hunt Jackson
Dimensiuni	14 x 2.7 x 21.6 cm
Editura	Cambridge University Press
Format	Paperback
ISBN	9781108072076
Limba	Engleza
Nr pag	472