Hiawatha Hiawatha ( , also : ), also known as Ayenwatha or Aiionwatha, was a precolonial Native American leader and cofounder of the Iroquois Confederacy. He was a leader of the Onondaga people, the Mohawk people, or both. According to some accounts, he ...

(Haiëñ'wa'tha) is a Native American semi-historical figure who was the co-founder of the Iroquois Confederacy. Hiawatha may also refer to:

Arts

*A fictional character in the epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ''

The Song of Hiawatha ''The Song of Hiawatha'' is an 1855 epic poem in trochaic tetrameter by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow which features Native American characters. The epic relates the fictional adventures of an Ojibwe warrior named Hiawatha and the tragedy of his lo ...

'' * ''The Song of Hiawatha'' (Coleridge-Taylor), a trilogy of cantatas by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, based on Longfellow's poem; the first part ''Hiawatha's Wedding Feast'' is the best known *''

Little Hiawatha ''Little Hiawatha'' (also called ''Hiawatha'') is a 1937 ''Silly Symphonies'' animated short film produced by Walt Disney, inspired by the poem ''The Song of Hiawatha'' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The short does not appear to have historical c ...

'' (a.k.a. ''Hiawatha''), a 1937 animated family comedy short film produced by Walt Disney as part of 1937's ''Silly Symphonies'' * ''Hiawatha'' (1952 film), a 1952 film starring Vince Edwards * ''Hiawatha'' (1913 film), a 1913 American silent drama film *" Hiawatha (A Summer Idyl)", a popular instrumental song written by Neil Moret in 1901 * ''Hiawatha'' (sculpture), a 19th-century marble by Augustus Saint-Gaudens * ''Hiawatha'', a book by Enid Blyton in the Old Thatch series

Other

Hiawatha (web server) Hiawatha was a free and open source cross-platform web server developed by Hugo Leisink. History Hiawatha development began in January 2002 as a web server. Leisink, a computer science student at the time, initially created it to support inte ...

, a web server developed by Hugo Leisink since 2002 * Hiawatha Music Festival, an annual traditional, acoustic, American music festival held in Marquette, Michigan, United States *

Hiawatha Seaway Council Scouting in New York has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live. The first National Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Headquarters was in New York City, a ...

, a local council of the Boy Scouts of America headquartered in Syracuse, New York, United States

People

Hiawatha Bray Hiawatha Bray is a technology columnist for ''The Boston Globe'' business section. Education Born in Chicago, Bray received a bachelor's degree in economics from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, in 1976 and a master's degree in communicati ...

, columnist for ''The Boston Globe'' *

Hiawatha Coleridge-Taylor Hiawatha ( , also : ), also known as Ayenwatha or Aiionwatha, was a precolonial Native American leader and cofounder of the Iroquois Confederacy. He was a leader of the Onondaga people, the Mohawk people, or both. According to some accounts, he ...

, son of

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (15 August 18751 September 1912) was a British composer and conductor. He was particularly known for his three cantatas on the epic 1855 poem ''The Song of Hiawatha'' by American Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Coler ...

Hiawatha Estes Hiawatha Thompson Estes (January 26, 1918 – May 8, 2003) was a California-based architect, author, and founder of the Nationwide House Plan Book Company. He was best known for designing a large number of variations of the ubiquitous post-war ...

(1918–2003), California-based architect

Places

Australia

* Hiawatha, Victoria, a town in the

Shire of Wellington The Shire of Wellington is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the eastern part of the state. It covers an area of and in June 2018 had a population of 44,019. It includes the towns of Heyfield, Rosedale, Maffra, S ...

Canada

Hiawatha First Nation The Hiawatha First Nation (formerly Mississaugas of Rice Lake) is a Mississauga Ojibwe First Nations reserve located on the north shore of Rice Lake east of the Otonabee River in Ontario, Canada. It is found in Otonabee Township less than 1 ...

, Ontario *Island of Hiawatha, former name of the

Toronto Islands The Toronto Islands are a chain of 15 small islands in Lake Ontario, south of mainland Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Comprising the only group of islands in the western part of Lake Ontario, the Toronto Islands are located just offshore from the ...

, Ontario

Greenland

* Hiawatha Glacier

United States

* Hiawatha, Colorado, a place in Moffat County *

Hiawatha, Iowa Hiawatha is a city in Linn County, Iowa, Linn County, Iowa, United States. It is a suburb located in the northwestern side of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Cedar Rapids and is part of the Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistic ...

Hiawatha, Kansas Hiawatha (Chiwere language, Ioway: ''Hári Wáta'' pronounced ) is the largest city and county seat of Brown County, Kansas, Brown County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was ...

Hiawatha, Minneapolis Hiawatha is a neighborhood within the larger Longfellow community in Minneapolis. It is bordered by 40th Street to the north, the Mississippi River to the east, 54th Street East to the south, and Hiawatha Avenue to the west. Its neighbors ar ...

, Minnesota *

Hiawatha, Nebraska Hiawatha is a ghost town in Dundy County, Nebraska, United States. History A post office was established at Hiawatha in 1889, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1933. The town was likely named after ''The Song of Hiawatha'' by ...

Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey Lake Hiawatha is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Parsippany–Troy Hills Township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The U.S. Postal Service serves the community as ZIP Code 07034. ...

Hiawatha, Utah Hiawatha is an unincorporated community and near-ghost town, formerly a coal mining town in southwestern Carbon County, Utah, United States. While the town's former corporate limits were almost entirely within Carbon County, the western part wa ...

Hiawatha, West Virginia Hiawatha is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Hiawatha is located along West Virginia Route 10, north of Matoaka. Hiawatha had a post office with ZIP code 24729. The community was named after Hiawath ...

Hiawatha Island Hiawatha Island is an island located by Owego, New York, on the Susquehanna River The Susquehanna River ( ; Unami language, Lenape: ) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, cro ...

in Tioga County, New York * Hiawatha Lake in Syracuse, New York * Lake Hiawatha in Minneapolis, Minnesota *

Hiawatha Township, Michigan Hiawatha Township is a civil township of Schoolcraft County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,305 in 2020. With a total land area of , Hiawatha Township is the third largest municipality in the state after McMillan Township an ...

Hiawatha National Forest Hiawatha National Forest is a National Forest in the Upper Peninsula of the state of Michigan in the United States. Commercial logging is conducted in some areas. The United States Forest Service administers this National Forest; it is physical ...

in Michigan

Ships

* USS ''Hiawatha'', the name of several ships of the United States Navy * MV ''Hiawatha'', an 1895 passenger ferry in Toronto, Canada * Steamboat Hiawatha, an Ocklawaha River passenger steamer on the St. Johns River in

Palatka, Florida Palatka () is a city in and the county seat of Putnam County, Florida, Putnam County, Florida, United States. Palatka is the principal city of the Palatka Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is home to 72,893 residents. The Palatka micropolitan ...

, United States * ''Hiawatha'' (riverboat), an American paddlewheel river boat

Transportation routes

* ''Hiawatha'' (Milwaukee Road trains), a fleet of named passenger trains of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad in the United States * ''Hiawatha'' (Amtrak train), a descendant of the above

Minneapolis, Minnesota

*Hiawatha Line, the former name of the METRO Blue Line, a light rail corridor in Minneapolis and neighboring Bloomington *

Hiawatha Avenue Minnesota State Highway 55 (MN 55) is a state highway that runs across the central part of state taking a diagonal route from its western most at the North Dakota state line near Tenney to its easternmost point at the intersection with U.S. H ...

, a highway *

Hiawatha LRT Trail Hiawatha LRT Trail is a , multi-use path adjacent to a light-rail transit line in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, that is popular with bicycle commuters. Users travel along the Metro Blue Line and Hiawatha Avenue transit corridor, rea ...

, a mixed-use path *

Min Hi Line Min Hi Line is a proposed linear park and shared-use path that would eventually re-purpose an active rail and agri-industrial corridor in the Longfellow community of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Modeled after successful projects like t ...

, a linear park parallel to Minnehaha and Hiawatha Avenues {{disambiguation