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Memoirs of an Elder Native
“I am an old woman now. The buffaloes and black-tail deer are gone, and our Indian ways are almost gone. Sometimes I find it hard to believe that I ever lived them.My little son grew up in the white man’s school. He can read books, and he owns cattle and has a farm. He is…
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Water
Water has no flagWater knows no race The earth’s belly grewof sun and moon and starsuntil her waters broke and all of creation took its first breathcrying out “glorious is life” into the four directions And for a million moonsand a million cycles around the sun she danced, birthing beings as miraculous as the stars,while…
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Sarah Winnemucca
Sarah Winnemucca gave hundredsof speeches throughout her life togain political support for thePaiutes. By the time she was 14 shecould speak five languages. Whenwhites insisted Native Americansmove to a reservation,Winnemucca went to DC in 1880 tospeak out. Promises were made bythe government, but not kept.Winnemucca spoke beforeCongress, to army officers, andanyone else who would listen.…
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