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Cornplanter

Chief Warrior of the Allegany Senecas

Thomas S. Abler

Paper $19.95s | 9780815631385Add to cart

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Subjects: biography, Native American and Indigenous studies, Iroquois

"This excellent biography should be read alongside Anthony F. C. Wallace’s Death and Rebirth of the Seneca. Recommended for academic and public libraries."—Library Journal

Description

The era following the American War of Independence was one of enormous conflict for the Allegany Senecas. There was then no Seneca leader more influential than Chief Warrior Cornplanter. Yet there has been no definitive treatment of his life–until now. Complex and passionate, yet wise, Cornplanter led his people in war and along an often troubled path to peace. This incisive biography traces his rise to prominence as a Seneca military leader during the American Revolution, and his later diplomatic success in negotiations with the Federal government. The book also explores Cornplanter’s dealings with other Native American councils and with his own people. It tells how Senecas faced heavy pressure to sell their lands, and how they concurrently embraced a reformed and revitalized Iroquois religion, as inspired by Cornplanter’s visionary half-brother, Handsome Lake.

Thomas S. Abler skillfully weaves together previously discordant strands of the Chief Warrior’s life into a concise, animated and enlightening portrait. Even as Cornplanter examines a critical period in American history, it gives us a multi-dimensional knowledge of politics and diplomacy from the Seneca point of view. Thoroughly researched and clearly written, this is an ideal companion for students and aficionados of the American Revolution and early nationhood, the Iroquois, and New York State history.

About the Author

Thomas S. Abler is professor of anthropology at the University of Waterloo, in Ontario, Canada.


Related Interest

Red Jacket
In the Shadow of Kinzua
The Collected Speeches of Sagoyewatha, or Red Jacket

Series: The Iroquois and Their Neighbors

6 x 9, 0 pages

April 2007

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