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  Sarah Winnemucca Quotes


Notable for being the first Native American woman known to secure a copyright and to publish in the English language.
Sarah Winnemucca (born Thocmentony or Tocmetone, Paiute: Shell Flower) (ca. 1841 – October 17, 1891) was notable for being the first Native American woman known to secure a copyright and to publish in the English language. She was also known by her married name, Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, under which she was published. Her book, Life Among the Paiutes: Their Wrongs and Claims, is an autobiographical account of her people during their first forty years of contact with explorers and settlers.

Here are some famous quotes by   Sarah Winnemucca.

Nobody really knows Indians who cheat them and treat them badly.

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If you make fun of bad persons you make yourself beneath them. ... Be kind to bad and good for you don't know your own heart.

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The saddest day hath gleams of light The darkest wave hath bright foam beneath it The twinkles o'er the cloudiest night Some solitary star to cheer it.