Paiute Princess
The Story of Sarah Winnemucca

Deborah Kogan Ray, whose many picture-book biographies include such titles as Wanda Gág: The Girl Who Lived to Draw, Dinosaur Mountain: Digging into the Jurassic Age and To Go Singing Through the World: The Childhood of Pablo Neruda, turns her attention, in this newest offering, to the s......more

I have thoroughly enjoyed this author-illustrator’s other history and biography books, and this book is another excellent one. I love how source material is used within the story, including passages from Sarah Winnemucca’s autobiography and other quotes by her. The extra information given in the last......more

Text to self: Intermediate. “I was a very small child when the first white people came into our country. They came like a lion, like a roaring lion…. And I have never forgotten their first coming. My people were scattered at that time over nearly all the territory now known as Nevada. My grandfather......more

Deeply moving account of the harrowing life of the Indian activist, born Thocmetony in 1844 in what is now Nevada, but known as Sarah Winnemucca. Intelligent and resourceful, she made use of the limited opportunities she had for education and learned to read, write and speak English and Spanish. Thi......more

My husband refuses to read books or watch movies about the treatment Native Americans. "I already know that it is a hard, sad story." This book about Sarah Winnemucca, the daughter of Chief Winnemucca and grand-daughter of Chief Truckee, two leaders among the Northern Paiutes, is no exception. While......more