paraphrase this sentence
"life for pineers on Oklahoma homesteads was not always easy"
No, you paraphrase it and we will check it. We are not going to do your work for you.
sorry "On Oklahoma homesteads were not always easy as a person who finds new places"
I assume your first language is not English. Your paraphrase makes no sense.
The skeleton of the sentence is:
Life was not easy. or Life was hard.