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Native American women memoirists
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The list Native American women memoirists includes
Sarah Winnemucca, Elissa Washuta, Narcissa Chisholm Owen and Ernestine Hayes.
The list consists of 5 members.
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Sarah Winnemucca
Northern Paiute author, activist, and educator (c. 1844 –1891)
Overview: Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins (born Thocmentony, meaning "Shell Flower; also seen as "Tocmetone" in Northern Paiute; c.– October 16, 1891) was a Northern Paiute author, activist and educator.Date of birth: 1844Date of death: 17 October 1891Age: 47 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ActivistGender: Female
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Elissa Washuta
American author
Overview: Elissa Washuta (b. 1985) is a Native American author from the Cowlitz people of Washington State. She has written two memoirs about her young adulthood, Starvation Mode: a Memoir of Food, Consumption and ...Nationality: AmericanOccupation: WriterGender: Female 0
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Narcissa Chisholm Owen
American artist (1831–1911)
Overview: Narcissa Chisholm Owen (October 3, 1831 – July 11, 1911) was an American educator, memoirist and artist of the late 19th and early 20th century. She was the daughter of Old Settler Cherokee Chief Thomas ...Date of birth: 3 October 1831Date of death: 11 July 1911Age: 79 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: PainterGender: Female 0
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Lucy Thompson
Yurok author from California
Overview: Lucy Thompson (1853-1932) was a Native American author known for her book To the American Indian: Reminiscences of a Yurok Woman. Written in 1916, the book is intended to preserve her people's stories ...Date of birth: 1856Date of death: 1932Age: 75 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Writer 0
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Ernestine Hayes
American writer
Overview: Ernestine Hayes (born 1945 Juneau, Alaska) is a Tlingit writer and professor in Juneau, Alaska. (Tlingit) memoirist. Hayes belongs to the Kaagwaantaan, or wolf clan, on the Eagle side of the Tlingit nation ... 0
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