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Photographer: Charles Milton Bell (courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution)
Taken: Circa 1875
Caption: Winema
Additional Description: "Winema earned her adult name-which means "strong-hearted woman" - for an act of bravery at age fourteen....when tensions between the Modoc and U.S. authorities escalated during the early 1870s, she stepped forward to serve as an interpreter and later a mediator between the two sides. Although warfare ultimately broke out, she earned widespread recognition for saving the life of a government official who came west to negotiate a peace settlement. Following the conclusion of the Modoc War, Winema traveled to Washington, D.C., where she met President Ulysses S. Grant and attended a parade held in her honor." - National Portrait Gallery
Submitted: November 20, 2019, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p503115
File Size: 0.053 Megabytes

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