WASHINGTON -- In 2005, a 6-foot marble statue of Sarah Winnemucca was donated by Nevada for display in the U.S. Capitol. For three years, it sat near a side door entrance to the House of ...

Sarah Winnemucca (Northern Paiute) was an early advocate for Native American rights during a time when the federal government was actively campaigning for the extermination of Native peoples.

She was born in 1844 to the Northern Paiute people near the Humboldt River. Her parents named her Thocmetony after the beautiful shell flower that manages to bloom following even the harshest winter ...

A flower in one hand and a book in the other, Sarah Winnemucca’s sculpted presence in Washington, D.C., and Nevada pays tribute to a legacy that state lawmakers are looking to enhance. Winnemucca is ...

A symbol of history was created at the Governor's Mansion on Wednesday when artist Benjamin Victor's depiction of Sarah Winnemucca was chosen to represent Nevada in the U.S. Capitol's National ...

CARSON CITY – One hundred-thirteen years after her death, Paiute activist Sarah Winnemucca recently crossed the paths of two people laboring to portray her. Last week, Adrienne Wahnetah, a 15-year-old ...

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 an ...

Not the storybook it appears, Deborah Kogan Ray’s book is packed with information. Sarah Winnemucca (1844-1891), a leader of the Northern Paiutes, spent years trying to gain a better life for her ...

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The gracefully poised figure of Sarah Winnemucca will soon take her place among other bronzed figures in American history. Gov. Kenny Guinn will dedicate the state's Sarah Winnemucca statue Wednesday ...