Sarah Winnemucca
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Sarah Winnemucca was a 19th-century Northern Paiute author, educator, and activist known for her advocacy for Native American rights and her influential autobiography "Life Among the Piutes."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sarah Winnemucca canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6766268 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sarah Winnemucca Context triple: [Chief Winnemucca, hasRelative, Sarah Winnemucca]
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A.
Gladys Tantaquidgeon
Gladys Tantaquidgeon was a Mohegan medicine woman, anthropologist, and cultural preservationist who played a key role in safeguarding and revitalizing Mohegan traditions and history.
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B.
Alice Cunningham Fletcher
Alice Cunningham Fletcher was a pioneering American ethnologist and anthropologist known for her influential fieldwork among Native American tribes and her role in shaping U.S. Indian policy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Mary Harmon Bryant
Mary Harmon Bryant was the longtime wife of legendary University of Alabama football coach Bear Bryant and a prominent figure in the Tuscaloosa community.
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D.
Fernandeño Tataviam
Fernandeño Tataviam refers to a Native American people of Southern California whose ancestral lands encompass parts of the San Fernando Valley and surrounding regions.
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E.
Betty Little
Betty Little was the first wife of American abstract expressionist painter Robert Motherwell, known primarily through her association with the artist.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sarah Winnemucca Target entity description: Sarah Winnemucca was a 19th-century Northern Paiute author, educator, and activist known for her advocacy for Native American rights and her influential autobiography "Life Among the Piutes."
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A.
Gladys Tantaquidgeon
Gladys Tantaquidgeon was a Mohegan medicine woman, anthropologist, and cultural preservationist who played a key role in safeguarding and revitalizing Mohegan traditions and history.
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B.
Alice Cunningham Fletcher
Alice Cunningham Fletcher was a pioneering American ethnologist and anthropologist known for her influential fieldwork among Native American tribes and her role in shaping U.S. Indian policy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Mary Harmon Bryant
Mary Harmon Bryant was the longtime wife of legendary University of Alabama football coach Bear Bryant and a prominent figure in the Tuscaloosa community.
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D.
Fernandeño Tataviam
Fernandeño Tataviam refers to a Native American people of Southern California whose ancestral lands encompass parts of the San Fernando Valley and surrounding regions.
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E.
Betty Little
Betty Little was the first wife of American abstract expressionist painter Robert Motherwell, known primarily through her association with the artist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American rights activist
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activist ⓘ autobiographer ⓘ autobiography ⓘ educator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Princess Sarah
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Thoc-me-tony ⓘ Thocmetony ⓘ |
| author | Sarah Winnemucca ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth |
1844
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circa 1844 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1891 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Catholic school in San Jose, California ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Native American ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Northern Paiute ⓘ |
| father | Chief Winnemucca ⓘ |
| founded | a school for Native American children near Lovelock, Nevada ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Northern Paiute leadership
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advocacy for Native American rights ⓘ writing one of the first autobiographies by a Native American woman ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Northern Paiute ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Northern Paiute people
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linked to:
Northern Paiute
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| movement | Native American civil rights ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
lectured widely in the eastern United States on Native American issues
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met with U.S. government officials to advocate for Paiute land and rights ⓘ served as an interpreter and scout for the U.S. Army during the Bannock War ⓘ |
| notableWork | Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
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educator ⓘ interpreter ⓘ lecturer ⓘ translator ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | near Humboldt Lake, Nevada Territory ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Henry County, Nevada ⓘ |
| relative |
Natchez
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Numaga ⓘ |
| residence |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
Nevada Territory ⓘ Oregon ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
biographies about Northern Paiute leaders
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scholarly studies in Native American literature ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sarah Winnemucca Description of subject: Sarah Winnemucca was a 19th-century Northern Paiute author, educator, and activist known for her advocacy for Native American rights and her influential autobiography "Life Among the Piutes."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.