Sarah Winnemucca, the first Indian woman to write a book highlighting the plight of the Indian people. Materialscientist via Wikicommons For the first few years of her life, Sarah Winnemucca ...

After the Bannock War, Sarah Winnemucca (1844-1891) assisted the prisoners of war held by Gen. O.O. Howard at the Vancouver Barracks. The loss of her Paiute homeland after the war turned her into ...

WASHINGTON -- Nevada's Sarah Winnemucca has returned to the Capitol -- generations after the Indian activist pleaded with politicians in Washington to ease the plight of Native American nations.

Nevada's second statue in the U.S. Capitol could be a first in the nation. Sarah Winnemucca was chosen as the state's second for the National Statuary Hall when Assembly Bill 267 was signed by Gov.