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George Henry Martin Johnson
George Henry Martin Johnson (''Onwanonsyshon'') (October 7, 1816 – February 19, 1884) was a member of the Wolf clan and selected as a hereditary tribal chief, chief of the Mohawk nation, Mohawk of the Iroquois, Six Nations in Canada; he also served as an official interpreter and informal diplomat between the Mohawk and Canadian governments. His home of Chiefswood, built in 1856 on the Grand River, has been designated and preserved as a National Historic Sites of Canada, National Historic Site; it is the only First Nations mansion from the pre-Canadian Confederation era. Early life Johnson was born at Bow Park on the Grand River (Ontario), Grand River on the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation near Brantford, Ontario, Brantford in 1816. The Wolf clan members had founded the Reserve after resettling from New York during the American Revolution. He was the son of John Smoke Johnson, a Mohawk nation, Mohawk Bear clan chief, and Helen Martin, a Mohawk whose Dutch mother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horatio Hale
Horatio Emmons Hale (May 3, 1817 – December 28, 1896) was an American-Canadian ethnologist, philologist and businessman. He is known for his study of languages as a key for classifying ancient peoples and being able to trace their migrations. Hale was the first to analyze and confirm that the Tutelo language of some Virginia Native Americans belonged to the Siouan family, which was most associated with the western Dakota and Hidatsa languages. Hale also determined that the Cherokee language spoken by a tribe associated with the Appalachian Mountains and upland areas of the interior American Southeast was one of the Iroquoian family of languages. Most of the speakers of the latter had historically occupied territory to the east and south of the Great Lakes, in present-day New York and Pennsylvania. In addition, he published a work, ''Iroquois Book of Rites'' (1883), based on his translation of their only two known historic manuscripts. It was supported by his studies with tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |