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Sep 16, 1889 Cattaraugus Reservation, New York, United States Died on 01 Jan 1957 (aged 67)
Haudensosaunee artist and author from New York
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About Jesse Cornplanter
- Jesse J.
- Cornplanter (September 16, 1889 – March 18, 1957) was an actor, artist, author, craftsman, Seneca Faithkeeper and World War I decorated veteran.
- The last male descendant of Cornplanter, an important 18th-century Haudenosaunee leader and war chief, his Seneca name was Hayonhwonhish.
- He illustrated several books about Seneca and Iroquois life.
- Jesse Cornplanter wrote and illustrated Legends of the Longhouse (1938), which records many Iroquois traditional stories.
- Cornplanter was also the first Native American to play a lead in a feature film titled Hiawatha, which was released in 1913 and a year before the notable Western The Squaw Man.
