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2006 July/August History
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 Early Indian Prisoners of “The Rock”
Few people are aware that Alcatraz Island, famous for its criminal
prisoners, actually began as a military prison. Among its early
inhabitants were scores of Indians, including a group of Hopis interned
in 1895.
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Sarah Winnemucca: Paiute Activist & Spokesperson
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 Sarah Winnemucca
Paiute Activist & Spokesperson
Sarah Winnemucca (1844–1891) was one of the most influential and charismatic Native American women in American history. Born near the Humboldt River Sink in Nevada to a legendary family of Paiute leaders at a time when the Paiutes’ homeland and way of life were increasingly threatened by the influx of Anglo settlers, Sarah later wrote that the white men “came like a lion, yes, like a roaring lion, and have continued so ever since.”
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The Pueblo Revolt of 1680
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 Organized exploration by the Spanish Crown northward from Mexico into the well-established culture of the Pueblo Indians, in what is now New Mexico, began in A.D. 1540. Life with their Spanish neighbors began with mutual suspicion, but also with the civil exchange of food, medicine and other goods. But by 1680, the Pueblo people had decided to revolt against the abusive policies of the Spanish
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