国立アメリカ歴史博物館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (国立アメリカ歴史博物館Instagram)「"I was born somewhere near 1844, but am not sure of the precise time. I was a very small child when the first white people came into our country." With these words, Sarah Winnemucca began her groundbreaking book, "Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims." Today, she is widely credited as the first Native American woman to secure a copyright and publish in the English language. Sarah Winnemucca's used her skills as a translator, writer, speaker, and educator to advocate for the rights of the Northern Paiute people and all Native Americans. The portrait of Winnemucca above, likely taken during an 1880s lecture tour, was part of a 1970s educational poster. Born into the Northern Paiute tribe in 1844, Winnemucca learned to speak multiple languages, a skill she used in the 1870s as an interpreter for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and later the U.S. Army. In the wake of the Bannock War, she and other Native leaders petitioned and later visited Washington, DC, pressuring the U.S. government to release imprisoned tribe members and adopt other policy changes. In 1883, Winnemucca published “Life Among the Piutes,” a book that combined her own story with a larger history of the Paiute people. Through both her book and hundreds of public lectures, Winnemucca worked to heighten public awareness of Native issues. In 1884, her petition requesting the return of tribe members "ruthlessly separated" from their families as well as the restoration of the Malheur Reservation was introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives. Unable to secure these concessions, Winnemucca returned to Nevada and founded a school for Paiute children that integrated English and Paiute language coursework. In 1887, the school was forced to close due to changes in U.S. policy that forced many Native children to attend English-speaking boarding schools. Winnemucca retired from public life soon after, and in 1891, she died of tuberculosis. Her death was noted nationwide, including in the New York Times, which called her the "most remarkable woman among the Piutes of Nevada." #NativeAmericanHistory #AmericanHistory #History #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #IndigenousHistory #BecauseOfHerStory」11月17日 22時50分