USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Author and activist Helen Hunt Jackson. Jackson’s book describes the poor treatment of seven Native American tribes in her book; the Delaware, the Cheyenne, the Nez Perce, the Sioux, the Poncas, the Winnebagoe, and the Cherokee.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1881, Helen Hunt Jackson published A Century of Dishonor, a history of the injustices visited upon Native Americans.

Detailed explanation-3: -First published in 1881 and reprinted in numerous editions since, Helen Hunt Jackson’s A Century of Dishonor is a classic account of the U.S. government’s flawed Indian policy and the unfair and cruel treatment afforded North American Indians by expansionist Americans.

Detailed explanation-4: -Helen Hunt Jackson’s A Century of Dishonor is the culmination of that research. She intended her book and other writings to force the U. S. Government to change its policies regarding Native Americans by revealing the government’s atrocities.