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Red Jacket : Iroquois diplomat and orator /
In the first modern biography of Red Jacket, the author sheds light on the achievements of this formidable Iroquois diplomat who, as a representative of the Seneca and Six Nations, met and negotiated with American presidents from George Washington to Andrew Jackson. The political career of Red Jacke...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Syracuse :
Syracuse University Press,
1999.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Iroquois and their neighbors.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the first modern biography of Red Jacket, the author sheds light on the achievements of this formidable Iroquois diplomat who, as a representative of the Seneca and Six Nations, met and negotiated with American presidents from George Washington to Andrew Jackson. The political career of Red Jacket (1758-1830) began just before the American Revolution, when both the Americans and the British sought the alliance of the powerful Iroquois Confederacy. By the 1790s, Red Jacket was frequently the diplomat chosen by the Seneca Nation and the Iroquois Confederacy to represent them in councils and treaty negotiations between the United States, the British in Canada, and the Indian nations of the Ohio Country. Red Jacket spoke eloquently against the sale of Indian lands, against the encroachment of the white man's religion and culture, and in defense of Indian sovereignty. His speeches were widely known in his own lifetime and continue to be reprinted. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 166 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-158) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585281742 9780585281742 9780815605317 0815605315 |