Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885) was a poet, novelist and essayist who became an advocate for Native American rights, fighting for improved treatment of Natives by the US government.She detailed the adverse effects of previous actions taken against Indian tribes in her historyA Century of Dishonor(1881). Her novelRamona(1884)dramatized the federal government's mistreatment ofNative AmericansinSouthern Californiaafter theMexican-American Warand attracted considerable attention to her cause.
Ramona is a second Uncle Tom's Cabin. . . . The arrogant mestiza whose attachment to her Indian lover endures through persecution and death . . . and the desperate love they share until the vanquishing blond race casts them out like hunted animals . . . all this is alive in these pages. -Jose Marti Ramona is a second Uncle Tom s Cabin. . . . The arrogant mestiza whose attachment to her Indian lover endures through persecution and death . . . and the desperate love they share until the vanquishing blond race casts them out like hunted animals . . . all this is alive in these pages. Jose Marti Ramona is a second Uncle Tom s Cabin. . . . The arrogant mestiza whose attachment to her Indian lover endures through persecution and death . . . and the desperate love they share until the vanquishing blond race casts them out like hunted animals . . . all this is alive in these pages. Jose Marti Ramona is a second Uncle Tom's Cabin. . . . The arrogant mestiza whose attachment to her Indian lover endures through persecution and death . . . and the desperate love they share until the vanquishing blond race casts them out like hunted animals . . . all this is alive in these pages. -Jose Marti