Jesse J. Cornplanter correspondence files

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Jesse J. Cornplanter correspondence files

1941-1948

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/172060862

In Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793 - 1999; in Series: Correspondence Files, 1915 - 1949.

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National Archives at New York

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National Archives at New York

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Cornplanter, Jesse J., 1889-1957

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Jesse J. Cornplanter (September 16, 1889 – March 18, 1957) was an actor, artist, author, craftsman, Seneca Faithkeeper, and World War I decorated veteran. He illustrated several books about Seneca and Iroquois life. Jesse Cornplanter was born in 1889 to Seneca parents Nancy Jack and Edward Cornplanter on the Cattaraugus Reservation in New York. His father (Seneca name Sosondowah) was a Faithkeeper of the Longhouse religion. His mother was of the Snipe Clan of the Tonawanda, and the matrilinea...