“The history of the Indian is a history of wrongs.” — Helen Hunt Jackson | V2Melody

“The history of the Indian is a history of wrongs.”

A concise expression of her moral and political concern for Native peoples · A Century of Dishonor

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Helen Hunt Jackson

About Helen Hunt Jackson

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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“The United States has been, and is, the greatest wrong-doer to the Indian.”

A direct condemnation of national responsibility for injustice · A Century of Dishonor

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

A forceful indictment of broken promises and historical injustice · A Century of Dishonor

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“The Indian has been made to feel that he is an alien in the land which was once all his own.”

Evoking dispossession and the loss of belonging · A Century of Dishonor

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