Index by Reservation: Seneca

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Index by Reservation: Seneca

1920

In Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793 - 1999; in Series: Card Files Relating to Indians in World War I, 1920 - 1920.

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SNAC Resource ID: 11655820

National Archives at Washington, D.C

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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...