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Seneca/Hawk Clan "Show" Indian known as 'Chief White Eagle' Show Indian, circus performer, traditional singer and bark peeler Son of Samuel and Lucy Jimerson Married 1st: Neural Taylor Marrie...

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Ojibwe George Henry (1811–1888), later Maungwudaus, was an Ojibwe performer, interpreter, mission worker, and herbalist. He interpreted the Ojibwe language into English. He was a herbalist towards t...

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Seneca/Deer Clan Acting name: Chief John “Johnny” Big Tree Biography Son of Lewis and Lucy (Jemison) Johnyjohn Attended Carlisle Indian Industrial School from 1892-1893 Married 1st: Phoebe Whi...

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Henry Standing Bear (c. 1874 – 1953) ("Matȟó Nážiŋ") was an Oglala Lakota Chief. A founding member of the Society of American Indians (1911–1923), he recruited and commissioned Polish-American sculptor...

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Tonawanda Seneca/Wolf Clan Chief and Sachem Title: Do-ne-ho-go-wa 'Open Door' *The next person and Sachem of the Tonawanda Seneca to hold the title, Do-ne-ho-go-wa, was Brig. General Ely Parker.* ...

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Tonawanda Seneca/Snipe Clan Chief of the Tonawanda Seneca, 1890 Head Sachem of the Snipe Clan Nis-Hea-Nyah-Nant 'Falling Day' Grandson of Chief Blacksmith Son of George and Julia Ann (Smith) Ab...

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Ponca Monsheeda (Mon-Shoo-Da) "Dust Maker" Medicine Chief Leader of the Ghost Dance Married Cora Standing Buffalo on June 20, 1901 in Noble, Oklahoma Territory, United States Their children: Ma...

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Tonawanda Seneca/Bear Clan Gaquetah/Gah-gwah-tah Expert Reed Basket Weaver Married 1st: John Reuben Their children: Jennie, Caroline, Elizabeth, Salina, and Thomas Reuben Nancy's children with ...

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Onondaga/Wolf Clan Tahdadaho [Tah-too-ta-hoo (entangled)], Onondaga Principle Chief Chief of the Six Nations Son of Charles and Eliza (Webster) Logan Married Nancy Bigfire Their children: Edwar...

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Joy Harjo (b. 1951), (Muscogee-Cherokee) Native American poet and jazz musicianJoy Harjo (born Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 9, 1951) is an American poet, musician, and author of Native American Canadian ancest...

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ONEIDA CASTLE — Surrounded by her loved ones, Mary "Maisie" Shenandoah, Yakolihuny^ni, "She Teaches," at the age of 77, of 4036 Seneca Ave. Oneida Castle, N.Y. 13421, has passed into the spirit world. ...

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Joanne Lynn Shenandoah (June 23, 1957 – November 22, 2021) was a Native American singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist based in the United States. She was a citizen of the Oneida Indian Nation,...

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Photo: Momaday receiving the National Medal of Arts from George W. Bush in 2007 Navarre Scott Momaday (born February 27, 1934) is a Kiowa novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His novel...

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Seneca/Turtle Clan Longhouse Faithkeeper and Speaker Started/Founded/ taught in the Faithkeeper's School with wife, Sandy Jimerson Dowdy "Lehman "Dar" Dowdy, age 72, of Perimeter Road, Steamburg, Ne...

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Seneca/Turtle Clan US Navy WWII Son of Lindsey (b. 1892) and Lorenza Dowdy (b. 1899). Had daughters Pauline Dowdy Jimerson ( -1999), Lorena M. Dowdy (1941-1997) Florence Lee Harrison (1952- ) and...

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Lily Gladstone is an American actor. She made her film debut in Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian (2012) and collaborated with filmmaker Kelly Reichardt in the independent films Certain Women (...

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Seneca Chief of the Six Nations, A-Wa-Mis-Ha-Dek-Hah - "Burning Day"/ Tallchief "In this Council House, famous chiefs of the Six Nations met around the fire to decide weighty political matters, adm...

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Winnidell Gravitt Wilson age 88, passed away peacefully on May 19, 2009 at her home in Eagan. Preceded in death by husband, John Wilson; parents, Andy and Winnie Gravitt, and brothers, Jack and Joe Gra...

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Powhattan, the Native American leader on wikipedia Powhatan (c. 1547 – c. 1618), whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh (alternately spelled Wahunsenacah, Wahunsunacock, or Wahunsonacock), was the leade...

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Cayuga/Turtle Clan Tachnachdours "Spreading Oak" Brother of Chief James (Tah-Gah-Jute) Logan "W. Ray Metz in his article, 'The History Of this Territory Prior To 1846, in the book, Blair County's F...

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