John Abeel, Jr. (ca. 1750s–February 18, 1836), known as Gaiänt’wakê (Gyantwachia – ″the planter″) or Kaiiontwa’kon (Kaintwakon – “By What One Plants”) in the Seneca language and thus…

Moluntha or Malunthy (c. 1692 – November 1786) was a chief of the Shawnee people following the death of Cornstalk.==Struggle for the Old Northwest==Moluntha fought at the Siege…

Cornstalk (Shawnee: Hokoleskwa) (ca. 1720 – November 10, 1777) was a prominent leader of the Shawnee nation just prior to the American Revolution. His name, Hokoleskwa, translates loosely…

Nikonha, also known as Waskiteng and Mosquito, was the last full-blooded speaker of Tutelo, a Virginia Siouan language. He is reported to have been around 106 when he…

Thomas Davis (c. 1755 – c. 1837) was a Mohawk war chief. In Mohawk he was called Tehowagherengaraghkwen.==Early life==Davis’ place of birth is uncertain, but he was probably…

Daniel Nimham (1726–1778) was the last chief or sachem of the Wappinger and was the most prominent Native American of his time in the Hudson Valley. Prior to…

Captain John Deseronto (alt. Deserontyon, (Odeserundiye) UE (c1740s – 1811) was a prominent Mohawk war chief during the American Revolutionary War. He was born in the 1740s, most…

Nonhelema (ca. 1720 – 1786) was a Shawnee chieftess during the 18th century and the sister of Cornstalk, with whom she migrated to Ohio and founded neighboring villages.Nonhelema,…

Tsiyu Gansini (ᏥᏳ ᎦᏅᏏᏂ), “He is dragging his canoe”, known to whites as Dragging Canoe (often misspelled Dragon Canoe in records; lived from c. 1738 until 29 February…

Joseph Orono (1688–1801) was a Penobscot Indian chief or sachem who lived on the Penobscot River in present-day Maine. The town of Orono, Maine, which contains the University…