Stay ConnectedThe Iroquois Confederacy. An Indigenous North American civilization with equal rights and representative government that left Europeans in bewilderment. Their influence affected the American free spirit and the modern day woman’s rights movement. This show covers the culture, histories and legends of the Haudenosaunee. The People of the Longhouse.
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Otetiani, also called Sagoyewatha was born into the Wolf Clan in the Seneca Nation around 1750. His remarkable 80 years was filled with on goal. To always advocate on behalf of his people. This is part one in a two part series.
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An Account of Sa-go-ye-wat-ha, Or Red Jacket, and His People, 1750-1830 By John Niles Hubbard
THE PAPERS OF SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON BY WILLIAM JOHNSON
WITH MUSKET & TOMAHAWK VOLUME II BY MICHAEL O. LOGUSZ
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The 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua is one of the most important treaties in the history of the Haudenosaunee. It guarantees the rights of sovereignty for the Six Nations, while at the same time making huge land concessions. It is a treaty that has faced numerous violations throughout it's 200+ year existence. However, it is still one of the oldest unbroken agreements in United States history.
Sources:
IROQUOIS DIPLOMACY ON THE EARLY AMERICAN FRONTIER BY TIMOTHY J. SHANNON
The Treaty Of Canandaigua 1794 by Anna M. Schein and G. Peter Jemison
An Account of Sa-go-ye-wat-ha, Or Red Jacket, and His People, 1750-1830 By John Niles Hubbard
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On this very special first day of the April month Learn about three famous members of the Wannabe Indian Tribe.
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Following the American Revolution dozens of Indigenous Nations are left to fend for themselves as British support evaporated. But from 1791 to 1792 the Ohio peoples would win battle after battle and not just win in those conflicts but wipeout entire American Armies.
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The Presidentail Papers of President George Washington
The Papers of Sec. of War Henry Knox
GUYASUTA AND THE FALL OF INDIAN AMERICA BY BRADY J. CRYTZER
SIMON GIRTY - WILDERNESS WARRIOR BY EDWARD BUTTS
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Simon Girty was a man larger than life. To Americans he was a vile traitor who killed the innocent with his savage friends. To the British he was a rough drunk but a useful tool. To the Iroquois and other Ohio Nations he was a prodigal son who was raised as a Brave and then returned to fight for his adopted people's freedom.
NOTES ON THE STATE OF VIRGINIA BY THOMAS JEFFERSON
GUYASUTA AND THE FALL OF INDIAN AMERICA BY BRADY J. CRYTZER
SIMON GIRTY - WILDERNESS WARRIOR BY EDWARD BUTTS
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How would you fare in your faith when you are faced with certain death? In 1782 a community of Lenape (Delaware) Christians were victims to one of the most heinous acts in American History.
Sources:
Diary of David Zeisberger by David Zeisberger
GUYASUTA AND THE FALL OF INDIAN AMERICA BY BRADY J. CRYTZER
SIMON GIRTY - WILDERNESS WARRIOR BY EDWARD BUTTS
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After numerous requests we are back with two more Haudenosaunee animal tales. In the first Turtle leads a war party of misfit animals against Huk-sah, the Jungie. In the second Brown Owl and Weasel are featured in a dark story of revenge kindercide.
Sources:
Reworked and based on traditional Seneca Nation stories.
SKUNNY WUNDY: SENECA INDIAN TALES BY ARTHUR CASWELL PARKER
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Joseph Brant, Colonel Louis Cook, Walter Butler and Simon Girty deal with the horrors of war and the devastation of the Great Lakes region.
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Forgotten Allies: The Oneida Indians and the American Revolution by Joseph T. Glatthaar and James Kirby Martin
Joseph Brant, 1743-1807, Man of Two Worlds By Isabel Thompson Kelsay
SIMON GIRTY - WILDERNESS WARRIOR BY EDWARD BUTTS
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General Washington gave command to John Sullivan in 1779 to outfit and lead an expedition into the Seneca-Cayuga homeland. It will be a scorched earth campaign that will leave almost the entire population of both the Seneca and Cayuga Nations homeless. Destitute of any food or clothing thousands will head to Fort Niagara for shelter.
Sources:
Forgotten Allies: The Oneida Indians and the American Revolution by Joseph T. Glatthaar and James Kirby Martin
The Papers of General George Washington
Joseph Brant, 1743-1807, Man of Two Worlds By Isabel Thompson Kelsay
Journal of General John Sullivan
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Spies are everywhere in 1778 on both sides of the conflict. Joseph Brant leads Iroquois forces against Patriot settlements throughout Upstate New York. Conversely American and Oneida soldiers launch counter attacks against Brant's supporting towns in Iroquoia.
Sources:
Forgotten Allies: The Oneida Indians and the American Revolution by Joseph T. Glatthaar and James Kirby Martin
The Papers of General George Washington
Joseph Brant, 1743-1807, Man of Two Worlds By Isabel Thompson Kelsay
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