1. Jesse Cornplanter illustrated several books about Seneca and Iroquois life.
18 Facts About Jesse Cornplanter
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Jesse Cornplanter wrote and illustrated Legends of the Longhouse, which records many Iroquois traditional stories.
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Jesse Cornplanter was born in 1889 to Seneca parents Nancy Jack and Edward Cornplanter on the Cattaraugus Reservation in New York.
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Jesse Cornplanter's mother was of the Snipe Clan of the Tonawanda and the matrilineal traditions of the tribe passed the Snipe Clan designation to the children.
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Jesse Cornplanter had six sisters and three brothers, but because of childhood diseases, only two of his sisters survived, Carrie and Anna, until 1918 when Carrie perished.
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Jesse Cornplanter was the last male direct descendant of Cornplanter, a renowned Seneca war chief during and after the American Revolutionary War.
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Jesse Cornplanter was wounded during the war and received the Purple Heart.
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Jesse Cornplanter helped support and rear the surviving children upon his return from Europe.
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Jesse Cornplanter sang for the Great Feather Dancer and was head singer for many ceremonies.
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Jesse Cornplanter was married to Elsina Billy of the Beaver Clan of the Tonawanda.
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In 1906, Jesse Cornplanter accompanied his father Edward, acting and singing in the Hiawatha pageant for many months.
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Jesse Cornplanter played the part of Hiawatha in Frank E Moore's silent film Hiawatha, released in 1913.
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When Jesse Cornplanter was only in his teens, he was already gaining recognition for his skillful portrayals of his tribe.
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Jesse Cornplanter never received formal art training, but became successful as an artist.
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Forty-six of Jesse Cornplanter's drawings are in collection SC12845 at the New York State Library.
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Jesse Cornplanter illustrated The Code of Handsome Lake, a manuscript collaborated between his father, Edward Cornplanter, and Arthur C Parker.
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Jesse Cornplanter wrote and illustrated his own book, Legends of the Longhouse, published in 1938.
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Jesse Cornplanter's paintings are considered to be in the Iroquois Realist Style.