[Jesse Cornplanter: artist file]
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Philbrook Museum of Art
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Art museum; Tulsa, Okla. From the description of Philbrook Museum of Art Eloquent Object videotape collection. 1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81487384 ...
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...