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FROM POCAHONTAS TO SARAH WINNEMUCCA, REMARKABLE STORIES OF NATIVE AMERICAN TRAILBLAZERS

THE STORY OF POCAHONTAS SAVING JOHN SMITH IS JUSTLY FAMOUS, AS IS THE CROSS COUNTRY JOURNEY OF SACAJAWEA WITH THE CORPS OF DISCOVERY, AND SARAH WINNEMUCCA EARNED FAME BY BEING A CHAMPION OF HER PEOPLE AS THE OLD WAYS OF LIFE WERE DISAPPEARING. BUT THERE ARE LESSER-KNOWN STORIES OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN WHO SHAPED THEIR CULTURES AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF AMERICAN HISTORY STORIES ALL TO OFTEN THAT HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED. UNDER THE EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES THAT FACED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF CENTURIES, BRAVE AND INTELLIGENT NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN OFTEN PUT THEIR SAFTEY AND THE LIVES OF THEIR FAMILIES AT RISK BY TAKING ON ROLES OF PEACEMAKERS, DIPLOMATS, AND SPOKESWOMEN FOR THEIR PEOPLE.