A Century Of Dishonor, A Triumph Or Tragedy?

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attending a lecture illuminating the poor living conditions and mistreatment the Ponca tribe was undergoing. Jackson became enamored with this issue, she effectively wielded her writing skills to illuminate the plight of the Ponca’s to the general public through the publication of numerous in-depth letters to the editors of many major eastern newspapers. She furthered her cause by writing personal letters to prominence such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes and became heavily involved in literary sparring matches with the Secretary of the Interior and others who disagreed with her cause. Her crusade was successful in obtaining federal resolve of many of the issues facing the Poncas” (Moon 1).
To write of the novel A Century Of Dishonor, one must understand from which it was written. “This is a detailed account of the last six years of Jackson’s life (1879-1885), when she struggled to promote the rights of American Indians displaced and dispossessed by the ...

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