Cornplanter

Cornplanter

male, deceased (1836)
Gaiänt'wakê or Kaintwakon, generally known as Cornplanter, was a Seneca chief. He was the son of a Seneca mother and a Dutch father. He also ca...
Red Jacket

Red Jacket

male, deceased (1830)
Red Jacket (known as Otetiani in his youth and Segoyewatha after 1780) (c. 1750-January 20, 1830) was a Native American Seneca chief of the Wolf...
Mary Jemison

Mary Jemison

female, deceased (1833)
Mary Jemison was an American frontierswoman and an adopted [Seneca Nation|Seneca]. Mary Jemison was born to Thomas and Jane Jemison aboard the ship...
Handsome Lake

Handsome Lake

male, deceased (1815)
Handsome Lake or Ganioda'yo (1735 - 10 August 1815) was a Seneca religious leader of the Iroquois people. He was also half-brother to Cornplanter....
Ely S. Parker

Ely S. Parker

male, deceased (1895)
Ely Samuel Parker (1828 - August 31, 1895), (born "Hasanoanda", later known as "Donehogawa") was an Iroquois of the Seneca tribe born at Indian...
Guyasuta

Guyasuta

male, deceased (1794)
Guyasuta was an important leader of the Seneca people in the second half of the eighteenth century, playing a central role in the diplomacy and...
Arthur C. Parker

Arthur C. Parker

male, deceased (1955)
Arthur Caswell Parker was an archaeologist, historian, folklorist, museologist and noted authority on American Indian culture. He was director of...
Little Beard

Little Beard

male, deceased (1806)
Little Beard, Si-gwa-ah-doh-gwih ("Spear Hanging Down") (died 1806), was a Seneca chief who participated in the American Revolutionary War on the...
Queen Alliquippa

Queen Alliquippa

female, deceased (1754)
Queen Alliquippa (d. December 23, 1754) was a leader of the Seneca tribe of American Indians during the early part of the 18th century. Little is...
Oliver Phelps

Oliver Phelps

male, deceased (1809)
Oliver Phelps (1749 - 1809) was born in Windsor, Connecticut and moved to Suffield, Connecticut, where he apprenticed to a local merchant. He later...