“There is no wrong which can be done to a human being which is not done…” — Helen Hunt Jackson

“There is no wrong which can be done to a human being which is not done to an Indian.”

Insisting on the universal human significance of Native American suffering · A Century of Dishonor

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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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