A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes

Helen Hunt Jackson’s A Century of Dishonor brought national attention to the plight of Native Americans when it was published in 1881. Jackson, a Massachusetts native who had traveled to California, describes in particular the plight of the California Indians, who had seen 90 percent of their population die from war and disease in the years after the gold rush.