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Tyendinaga is an alternate spelling of Thayendanegea Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant (March 1743 – November 24, 1807) was a Mohawk military and political leader, based in present-day New York, who was closely associated with Great Britain during and after the American Revolution. Perhaps t ..., an eighteenth-century Mohawk chief also known as Joseph Brant. Tyendinaga may also refer to: * Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, a First Nations reserve on the Bay of Quinte ** Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation, the First Nation government that governs that reserve ** Tyendinaga (Mohawk) Airport, located on that reserve * Tyendinaga, Ontario, a township in Ontario {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Brant
Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant (March 1743 – November 24, 1807) was a Mohawk military and political leader, based in present-day New York, who was closely associated with Great Britain during and after the American Revolution. Perhaps the Native American of his generation best known to the Americans and British, he met many of the most significant Anglo-American people of the age, including both George Washington and King George III. While not born into a hereditary leadership role within the Iroquois League, Brant rose to prominence due to his education, abilities, and connections to British officials. His sister, Molly Brant, was the wife of Sir William Johnson, the influential British Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the province of New York. During the American Revolutionary War, Brant led Mohawk and colonial Loyalists known as "Brant's Volunteers" against the rebels in a bitter partisan war on the New York frontier. He was accused by the Americans of committing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory is the main First Nations in Canada, First Nation Indian reserve, reserve of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation. The territory is located in Ontario east of Belleville, Ontario, Belleville on the Bay of Quinte. Tyendinaga is located near the site of the former Mohawk village of ''Ganneious''. History Prior to founding According to the official history of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, Tyendinaga was the birthplace of The Great Peacemaker, who was instrumental in the founding of the ''Haudenosaunee'', or Iroquois Confederacy, sometimes dated in the 12th century. Various non-Indigenous scholars have suggested that the Haudenosaunee may have developed in the 15th century, but there is no consensus. 18th century During much of the eighteenth century, the land that would later become the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory was populated by the Mississauga. Beginning in 1784, the territory was settled by Mohawk who had been displaced from their ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohawks Of The Bay Of Quinte First Nation
The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte (MBQ) ( Mohawk: ''Kenhtè:ke Kanyen'kehà:ka'' ) are a Mohawk First Nation within Hastings County, Ontario. They control the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, which is a Mohawk Indian reserve on the Bay of Quinte in southeastern Ontario, Canada, east of Belleville and immediately to the west of Deseronto. They also share Glebe Farm 40B and the Six Nations of the Grand River reserves with other First Nations. The community takes its name from a variant spelling of Mohawk leader Joseph Brant's traditional Mohawk name, ''Thayendanegea'' (standardized spelling Thayentiné:ken), which means 'two pieces of fire wood beside each other'.Isaac, Ruth et al. ''A Spelling Worldlist of Six Nations Mohawk''. Brantford: The Woodland Indian Cultural-Educational Centre, 1986. Print Officially in the Mohawk language, the community is called Kenhtè:ke, which means "on the bay" (from Mohawk ''kénhte'' "bay", which is also the origin of the word "Quinte"). The Cayu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyendinaga (Mohawk) Airport
Tyendinaga (Mohawk) Airport is a registered aerodrome that is open to the public and caters mainly to general aviation. The aerodrome is located in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, southwest of Tyendinaga, Ontario, Canada, north of the Bay of Quinte between Kingston and Belleville. History Originally known as Deseronto Airport, the field opened in 1917 as a training school for pilots during World War I. During World War II, it hosted the ''No. 1 Instrument Navigation School'' for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), or Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) often referred to as simply "The Plan", was a massive, joint military aircrew training program created by the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Z ..., providing advanced instrument-navigation training to air crews. During this time, the airport was also used as the primary relief landing field for the Central Flying School, based out of RCAF Station Trenton. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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