“It is a sorrowful thing to think of, that the United States has never…” — Helen Hunt Jackson

“It is a sorrowful thing to think of, that the United States has never kept one treaty made with the Indians.”

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About Helen Hunt Jackson

15 October 1830–12 August 1885

Helen Hunt Jackson, born Helen Maria Fiske on 15 October 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, and dead on 12 August 1885 in San Francisco, California, lived a life shaped by literary ambition, devastating bereavement, restless travel, and an increasingly fierce commitment to justice for Native peoples. She achieved wide…

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