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Handsome Lake (Ganyodaiyo') (1735 – 10 August 1815) was a Seneca religious leader of the Iroquois people. He was a half-brother to Cornplanter (Gayentwahgeh), a ...
Cornplanter had an older half-brother, Handsome Lake, who later became a Seneca religious leader. He was the uncle of the influential sachem Chainbreaker, [4] and the nephew of Guyasuta, a leader of the western Seneca during Pontiac's War. [13] Cornplanter married twice and had seven children.
John Arthur Gibson (March 1, 1850 – November 1, 1912) [1] [2] was also known as "Ganio'dai'io'," ("Promoter of the Code of Handsome Lake") [3] and "Skanyadehehyoh" [4] (or "Skanyadai'iyo"), [5] was born to his father, also named John Gibson, who was an Onondaga chief [6] the name given to the traditional Seneca office-chief of Handsome Lake.
Handsome Lake (Sganyodaiyo) Preaching at Tonawanda Reservation. From a drawing by Jesse Cornplanter. In 1799, after a period of illness due to many years of alcoholism, the Seneca leader Handsome Lake (1735 – 1815) had visions that made him feel obligated to learn the English language and preserve the lands traditionally occupied by Native ...
Onondaga longhouse on the Six Nations Reservation in the early 1900s. The Longhouse Religion is the popular name of the religious movement also known as the Code of Handsome Lake or Gaihwi:io/Kaliwihyo (Good Message), founded in 1797/1799 by the Seneca prophet Handsome Lake (Sganyodaiyoˀ).
On May 13, 1974, at 4:00 a.m, Mohawks from the Kahnawake and Akwesasne reservations repossessed traditional Mohawk land near Old Forge, New York, occupying Moss Lake, an abandoned girls camp. The New York state government attempted to shut the operation down, but after negotiation, the state offered the Mohawk some land in Miner Lake, where ...
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In 1803, he moved with Handsome Lake to nearby Coldspring after a dispute with Cornplanter. [6] While Chainbreaker continued to advocate "temperance, morality, and adherence to the overall principles of Handsome Lake," he rejected his uncle's "proscription against Indian participation in the 'white man's wars". [6]