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Gowongo Mohawk
Gowongo Mohawk (Go-Won-Go/Go-Wan-Go; August 11, 1859 - February 7, 1924) was a Seneca people, Seneca playwright and actor. Unsatisfied with the roles being offered to her as a Native American woman, she wrote her own, highly successful play and cast herself as the heroic male lead. Personal life She was born in Gowanda, New York, Gowanda, New York,Otis, Melissa (2017). "From Iroquoia to Broadway: The Careers of Carrie A. Mohawk and Esther Deer". ''Iroquoia''. 3: 43. to father Ga-Na-Gua, also known as Dr. Alan Mohawk, a chief medicine man of the Seneca Nation of New York, Seneca Nation, and mother Lydia, who was known as "The Angle" on the Cattaraugus Reservation. Her English birth name was Carrie A. Mohawk, but she later permanently adopted her Indigenous name Gowongo, which translates to "I fear no one." In an interview with the ''Liverpool Weekly Courier,'' she gave an English translation of her name as 'Majestic Palm', along with a signed photograph of herself. Her parent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gowanda, New York
Gowanda is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village in western New York (state), New York, United States. It lies partly in Erie County, New York, Erie County and partly in Cattaraugus County, New York, Cattaraugus County. The population was 2,513 at the 2020 census. The name is derived from a local Seneca language term meaning "almost surrounded by hills" or "a valley among the hills". The Erie County portion of Gowanda is part of the Buffalo, New York, Buffalo–Niagara Falls, New York, Niagara Falls Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area, metropolitan statistical area, while the Cattaraugus County portion is part of the Olean, New York, Olean micropolitan statistical area. The village is partly in the Town of Collins, New York, Collins in Erie County and partly in the Town of Persia, New York, Persia in Cattaraugus County. Bordering Gowanda is the Cattaraugus Reservation, Cattaraugus County, New York, Cattaraugus Reservation, which has a majority population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |