The Bannock people in Washington State had held some Paiutes hostage during the Bannock War, including Sarah's father. Winnemucca said she then felt compelled to travel to Washington to help rescue her father and the other Paiutes. Her role in the Bannock War was integral and spurned Sarah to go on her speaking tours: Winnemucca worked for the United States Army translation service against the Bannock to help her people. Thus, she pitted herself willingly against another Native tribe. The conflict of interests was apparent to Sarah. When she relayed the story I noted the sadness in her eyes, but she did not regret helping the Paiute escape from Yakima and return to Nevada. For several days, I toured the state's many burgeoning silver mines, lead mines, and frontier towns as well as the Nevada-Oregon railroad that had recently been built with a hub in Reno. The frontier land was wild and dotted with numerous white-capped mountains. The governor Jewett Adams had been a farmer and rancher in the region, even before Nevada became a state. Adams met me in Reno when he heard of my interest in touring his state. Adams admitted that lawlessness had been a problem in his state and that their sheriffs had a lot of work cut out for them. When asked about Sarah Winnemucca, Adams revealed his views on Native Americans. His ethnocentricism was shared by many of the white settlers I met while there. Many claimed that Native Americans were better off on the reservations and were considered outside the world of white politics and society. Others claimed that the Native Americans would be better off...
Right around the time I visited Nevada, Sarah Winnemucca was planning the development of a special school for Paiute children. The school was to be for Paiute children to learn about their cultural traditions and would also be in the Paiute language. Sarah's vision of a school was a powerful assertion of her desire to preserve the culture she inherited from her father and her grandfather. Sarah relayed her ideas for the school, telling me why she thought the school would be important. I did not have the heart to tell her that the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 would officially shut the doors of her school, by requiring all Native American children be educated in English and by the dominant culture.
Ah Toy is representative for the way in which immigrants and in her own case the Chinese were treated by the state authorities and the judicial system in particular. It was common practice the discriminatory attitude of the judicial system towards the Chinese immigrants given the fact that, on the one hand the legislature considered the immigrant population to be a threat to the well being of the Americans, and
The Nevada state constitution also emphasizes freedom of religion as one of the most important rights. The second statement of the constitution's opening Ordinance states: "That perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and no inhabitant of said state shall ever be molested, in person or property, on account of his or her mode of religious worship." That this freedom should be listed so prominently in the state constitution
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BLm - Bureau of Land Management Environmental Impact Statement FLPMA - Federal Land Policy Management Act NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act RFRA - Religious Freedom Restoration Act Environmental Justice Case of South Fork Band Council of Western Shoshone of Nevada v. U.S. Department of Interior Detailed background history of the case The subject refers to a prospective gold-mining project in the Western Shoshone sacred site of the Cortez Mining District, situated in Lander County, Nevada, near
" In other words, republicanism in an expanding state would inevitably lead to more despotic, aristocratic, and monarchical regimes. Hence, if the U.S. were to follow a policy of expansion, it would, at least, theoretically conflict with its republican origins. Interestingly, one of the leading proponents of republicanism, Thomas Jefferson had become the third U.S. President after an unexpected electoral crisis in the elections of 1800. He was a great champion
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