Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, born Helen Fiske (1830-1885 ), was an American writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the US government. She detailed the adverse effects of government actions in her history A Century of Dishonor. Her novel Ramona dramatized the federal government's mistreatment of Native Americans in Southern California and attracted considerable attention to her cause.
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Set in Old California in the wake of the Mexican-American War, Ramona is two stories at once. It is the story of the love between a part-Native American orphan girl, Ramona, and Alessandro, a young Indian sheepherder. It is also the story of racial prejud... SEE MORE