We present evidence for burst emission fromSGR&hthinsp;1900+14with a power-law high-energy spectrum extending beyond 500 keV. Not only is the emission hard, but the spectra are better fit by Band’s GRB function rather than by the traditional optically-thin thermal bremsstrahlung model. We find that the spectral evolution within these hard events obeys a hardness/intensityanti-correlation. Temporally, these events are distinct from typical SGR burst emissions in that they are longer (∼1 s) and have relatively smooth profiles. Despite a difference in peak luminosity of≳1011between these bursts fromSGR&hthinsp;1900+14and cosmological GRBs, there are striking temporal and spectral similarities between the two kinds of bursts, aside from spectral evolution. We outline an interpretation of these events in the context of the magnetar model. ©2000 American Institute of Physics.