Iroquois History and Legends

In the 1960s over 10,000 acres of the Seneca Nation's land was to be forcibly acquired by the US government to make way for a dam to protect Pittsburgh from flooding. To the Seneca who lived in the area however they would not take this treaty violation lying down. They would do everything in their power to find a way to save their ancestral lands and their family's homes.

Sources
Remembering the Removal [Kinzua Dam & Forced Seneca Relocation]Caleb G. Abrams
Broken Promises and Peaceful Waters: Allegheny Reservoir -WARREN CountyKeystone Curiosity

Oldest Seneca citizen shares story of tribe’s struggle, survivalby Leslie Logan September 26, 2020
Johnny Cash "As Long as the Grass Shall Grow" Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian 1964

Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/235382
US Court of appeals ruling 1957https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012641/http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/262/262.F2d.27.14488.html
103 Cong.Rec., 85th Cong., 1st Sess., part 10, p. 13977
John F. Kennedy's letter to the Seneca Nation, Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/235382

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Join Andrew as he channels his inner word-nerd and talks about how the vocabularies of Native languages influenced English. He also discuses the characteristics of the "Iroquoian Languages", what they are like and how people are striving to save them after hundreds of years of efforts to eradicate them.

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The first half of this episode is another Seneca story about a herd of buffalo (bison) and how you should choose who you follow carefully.

In the second half of the episode Andrew shares a very short history of the American Bison.

Sources:

Skunny Wundy: Seneca Indian Tales by Arthur C. Parker Brown-Headed Cowbirds: From Buffalo Birds to Modern Scourge by Lisa Petit

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/migratory-birds/news/brown-headed-cowbirds-buffalo-birds-modern-scourge

American bison by the Smithsonian Institute

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/american-bison

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Known as the "Lilly of the Mohawks" Kateri was a Mohawk woman born in the mid 17th century. After being baptized by Jesuit missionaries she became a Christian that worked to incorporate her faith fully into her native culture. Three centuries after her death she was canonized as a Catholic Saint in 2012. This week we are joined by journalist Peter Jesser Smith as he unpacks her life and legacy.

A Lily Among Thorns

The Mohawk Repatriation of Káteri Tekahkwí:tha By Darren Bonaparte · 2009

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Two more fun fables written by Arthur C. Parker (Gawaso Wanneh) (Seneca)

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Perry Ground is a member of the Onondaga Nation. He belongs to the Turtle Clan and has spent the past 30 years as an oral storyteller. Preforming and sharing traditional Haudenosaunee stories is his passion. Listen to why telling stories is an important part of every culture. 

To have Perry come and visit your group you can contact him through his website at https://talkingturtlestories.com

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In our final episode in our Haudenosaunee in the Civil War series we take a look at how other individuals and communities made contributions to the war effort. 

We will cover Dr. Peter Wilson (Cayuga), the U.S. - Dakota War of 1862 and the Oneida Nation of Green Bay, WI

Notes:

Federal Publishing Company. The Union Army A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-65 — Records of the Regiments in the Union Army — Cyclopedia of Battles — Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers Volumn VI Cyclopedia of Battles — Helena Road to Z. United States Army Reports. Federal Publishing Company, 1908.

Gibson, Arrell Morgan. "Native Americans and the Civil War." American Indian Quarterly (Oct. 1985): 385–410.

Hauptman, Laurence M. The Iroquois in the Civil War: From Battlefield to Reservation. Syracuse University Press, 1992.

Horton, Russell. "Unwanted in a White Man's War: The Civil War Service of the Green Bay Tribes." The Wisconsin Magazine of History 2004: 18-27

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In 1862, after struggling for over a year to join the war effort dozen of men from the Seneca and Tuscarora nation were finally given a chance to showcase their prowess and courage. 

Notes

Armstrong, William H. Warrior in Two Camps: Ely S. Parker, Union General, and Seneca. Syracuse University Press, 1978.

Federal Publishing Company. The Union Army A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-65 — Records of the Regiments in the Union Army — Cyclopedia of Battles — Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers Volumn VI Cyclopedia of Battles — Helena Road to Z. United States Army Reports. 

Madison, Wisconsin: Federal Publishing Company, 1908.

Gibson, Arrell Morgan. "Native Americans and the Civil War." American Indian Quarterly (Oct. 1985): 385–410.

Hauptman, Laurence M “A Seneca Indian in the Union Army: The Civil War Letters of Sergeant Isaac Newton Parker”, 1861-1865” 1995

Hauptman, Laurence M. The Iroquois in the Civil War: From Battlefield to Reservation. Syracuse University Press, 1992.

https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/army-logic-tuscarora-company-civil-war

https://web.archive.org/web/20101224094712/http://civilwarreference.com/battles/detail.php?battlesID=1271

Images of America Tuscarora Nation Bryan Printup and Neiil Patterson Jr. Arcadia Publishing 2007

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In 1861 a group of Seneca-Cayuga Iroquois who had relocated to Oklahoma in search of peace find themselves right in the middle of the American Civil War.

Learn about the war in the west. This episode has everything, Cherokee Confederates fighting against Free Black Soldiers and Union allied Iroquois. Maurading desperados, tears, betrayals, death, and of course many battles.

Notes:

Armstrong, William H. Warrior in Two Camps: Ely S. Parker, Union General, and Seneca. Syracuse University Press, 1978.

Gibson, Arrell Morgan. "Native Americans and the Civil War." American Indian Quarterly (Oct. 1985): 385–410.

Hauptman, Laurence M. The Iroquois in the Civil War: From Battlefield to Reservation. Syracuse University Press, 1992. 

https://web.archive.org/web/20101224094712/http://civilwarreference.com/battles/detail.php?battlesID=1271

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Snowsnake is one of the most popular indigenous winter sports. Not only for people in the Haudenosaunee community but for dozens of other nations and tribes as well. Learn about how this entertaining game is played through today's story about two young boys who fall into an argument about the outcome of a Snowsnake match. 

 

Story based on the traditional tale as told in, "Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children", by Mabel Powers (Yeh Sen Noh Wehs) published 1917

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