[NATIVE AMERICANS] "A Century of Dishonor" First Edition

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• Lot Description

  [Helen Jackson Hunt].  A Century of Dishonor. A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1881. 

   

  8vo, x, 457, [1], 6 ads. Original brown cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. 

   

  A first edition of one of the most important 19th-century publications exposing the United States government's systematic oppression of Native Americans.

   

  Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885) was first exposed to the tribulations of the Native Americans when she attended a reception in 1879 for the representatives of the Ponca and Omaha, who were touring the eastern United States in an attempt to arouse public indignation over the confiscation of their lands. She became dedicated to seeking justice for Native Americans, which resulted in this exceedingly well-researched exposé. 

   

  The watershed work includes chapters on the Delawares, Cherokees, Nez Perces, Sioux, Poncas, Winnebagoes, and the Cheyennes. Hunt covers the Sand Creek Massacre and others in painful detail, preserves extensive extracts from the Report of the Commission sent to meet the Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, and includes accounts of woodcutting by Indians in Dakota, the Walla Walla Massacre, and more.

   

  [Native Americans, Native American History, American Indian, Indian History] [Pamphlets, Publications, Ephemera, Books, Rare Books, Tracts] [Women, Women's History]

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  Ex-library, endpaper torn. 

  With some typical ex-library markings but very sound binding. 

• Provenance

  Gunn Memorial Library, Washington, Connecticut (bookplate with withdrawal mark). 

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