Jesse Cornplanter, descendant of Cornplanter, the famous Seneca chief, making a ceremonial mask, Tonawanda Community House, Tonawanda, New York

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

DigitalArchivalResource

Jesse Cornplanter, descendant of Cornplanter, the famous Seneca chief, making a ceremonial mask, Tonawanda Community House, Tonawanda, New York

1940

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/519161

In Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793 - 1999; in Series: General Photographs of Indians, 1900 - 1957.

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 11655814

National Archives at College Park

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Cornplanter, Jesse J., 1889-1957

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wd4hq5 (person)

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...