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Quanah Parker was born in 1845, the exact date of his birth is not known due to the times and the lack of recording dates like birthdays back then. Also the exact place of his birth is unknown, it is thought to be somewhere along the Texas-Oklahoma border, but there are conflicting reports. Quanah himself said that he was born on Elk Creek south of the Wichita Mountains, but a marker by Cedar Lake in Gaines County, Texas says otherwise. There are still other places where he was supposedly born like Wichita Falls, Texas. “Though the date of his birth is recorded variously at 1845 and 1852, there is no mystery regarding his parentage. His mother was the celebrated captive of a Comanche raid on Parker's Fort (1836) and convert to the Indian way of life. His father …show more content…
was a noted war chief of the Noconi band of the Comanches” (TSHAOnline.com). He was born to Peter Nocona, who was the current chief of the Quahada, and his mother, Cynthia Ann Parker, who was abducted, along with her brother, by the Quahada tribe during a raid on her fort when she was a child. She had to adapt to the way of the Indian instead of the white man, unfortunately her brother did not and he ended up dying shortly after they were adopted into the tribe. Quanah had a fairly good childhood compared to most, despite his mixed blood heritage. He lost his whole entire family in a raid on their encampment. His father was killed trying to protect his people, and his mother and sister were taken by the people and kept in prison. His mother had to go back to “civilized culture”, but could not handle it and died of self starvation in 1870. Essentially Quanah was now an orphan and got adopted by the Quahada tribe. He eventually came to power in the tribe after he showed off his ability to take control and his skills as a warrior. Quanah Parker lived in Texas with the Quahada tribe, until they lost the Red River War against the U.S. government and finally departed Texas and moved into the southwestern region of Oklahoma, where there was a Kiowa-Comanche reserve. He had to deal with the very difficult move from free life on the plains, to restricted life in Indian Territory, he took his people into the Territory with more ease than most other tribes, but it still wasn’t easy for them. After moving into the Indian Territory, Quanah became the “chief” of all of the Comanche bands and assisted the U.S. government in getting them all into the territory. He is known that that and how he improved Comanche life and white to Indian relations and negotiations. Parker promoted the ways of the white man to his people, specifically, he pushed education and agriculture. In fact, Quanah himself became a very wealthy businessman by being a livestock raiser. Overall, Quanah Parker was known for his communication between the white man and his people, his push for the Comanche to be more like the white man, and he helped make his people more self sufficient. Quanah impacted Oklahoma with how he brought together the whole Comanche tribe and brought the bands that were refusing to acknowledge the Medicine Lodge Treaty into the Indian Territory.
Bringing these Indians into Oklahoma changed the culture of the state when it was getting settled by white men and the Indians that were there from the Medicine Lodge Territory. “Mackenzie sent Jacob J. Sturm, a physician and post interpreter, to solicit the Quahada's surrender. Sturm found Quanah, whom he called "a young man of much influence with his people," and pleaded his case” (Famous Texans). Also, “The life of Quanah Parker is today seen as the extraordinary story of a person successfully living in two worlds, two minds, two eras” (Encyclopedia). There are not very many quotes said by Quanah, but there are two, which are “White man goes to his churches to talk about Jesus, the Indian into his Tepee to talk to Jesus (with Peyote etc.)” and “The Tonkawa killed him to make my heart hot. I want my people follow after white way. Some white people do that, too.” Quanah Parker is not a well known Indian, but with all he did for his people and Oklahoma, he really deserves more recognition for his contributions to
society.
Tom Parker was born on June 26, 1909 in Breda, The Netherlands to Adam and Maria VanKuijk who named their fifth child Andreas Cornelius VanKuijk. As a young man Parker immigrated to the United States where he worked on carnivals and served four years in the United States Army.
Chief Joseph and Helen Hunt Jackson are two very important people who both share strong yet different perspectives toward the treachery of the U.S. Government along with the unfair treatment of Indians around the 1800’s. Chief Joseph was born in 1840 in the Wallowa valley of Oregon, and belonged to the Nez Percé tribe, which was made up of some 400 indians. The Government had made many valid promises among the tribes, just to come back and break these words with more conflict and war. All Chief Joseph was in search for was for the chaos among the whites and indians to be replaced with peace, brotherhood, and equality. Stated in the text, “We ask that the same law shall work alike on all men.” In other words, Chief Joseph believed that people
Tecumseh had risen up as a leader to defend the Shawnee’s way of life. Through decades of violence, he emerged to have a pivotal role in attempting to smooth cultural divisions between tribes and collectively oppose the seizure of their land.
The emerald jewel of Brooklyn, Prospect Park is often called the borough’s backyard and has been a serene and idyllic retreat for Brooklynites for well over a century now. In fact, the park recently celebrated its 150th anniversary with great fanfare, attesting its historic importance and role it’s played in city life for generations. Few people, however, know the true history of the park, such as its connection to Central Park and the role it played in the development of Brooklyn real estate in the late 19th century. To that end, here’s a quick look at the hidden history of Prospect Park and the key role it’s played in the city’s history over the years.
Andrew Jackson was born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1776. His parents, who were Scotch-Irish people. They came to America two years before Andrew was born. His mother was widowed while pregnant with him. At age thirteen, Andrew joined the patriotic cause and volunteered to fight the British. He and his brother were both captured and imprisoned together by the British. Their mother got them released by a prisoner exchange, but his brother died on the long trip home from smallpox. During his independent days, he lived in a tavern with other students.
Tecumseh ,Shawnee war chief, was born at Old Piqua, on the Mad River in western Ohio. In 1774, his father, Puckeshinwa, was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant, and in 1779 his mother, Methoataske, accompanied those Shawnees who migrated to Missouri, later died. Raised by an older sister, Tecumpease, Tecumseh would play war games with other fellow youths in his tribe. Tecumseh accompanied an older brother, Chiksika, on a series of raids against frontier settlements in Kentucky and Tennessee in the late 1780’s. Chiksika had a vision that he would not survive the battle at Buchanan’s station he went ahead as plan and attacked the stockade and was mortally wounded and was carried from the battle field and the dying warrior asked not to be buried but to be placed on a hill. Tecumseh and the other’s retreated back to a Cherokee village where most went back to Ohio while Tecumseh and some other warriors stayed behind. After that Tecumseh went on mostly hunting but occasionally attacking settler’s. After that moved back towards home and come to find out that the Shawnee’s had moved on to where it’s much safer. The battle of Fallen Timber’s broke confidence in British assistance as well as many casualties. Pissed off by the Indian defeat, he refused to sign the Treaty of Greenville (1795). In the 1800’s Tecumseh began to show signs of a prominent war chief. He led a group of yong Indian warriors to a village on the White River in east-central Indiana. There in 1805 Lalawethika ex...
“Quantie’s weak body shuddered from a blast of cold wind. Still, the proud wife of the Cherokee chief John Ross wrapped a woolen blanket around her shoulders and grabbed the reins.” Leading the final group of Cherokee Indians from their home lands, Chief John Ross thought of an old story that was told by the chiefs before him, of a place where the earth and sky met in the west, this was the place where death awaits. He could not help but fear that this place of death was where his beloved people were being taken after years of persecution and injustice at the hands of white Americans, the proud Indian people were being forced to vacate their lands, leaving behind their homes, businesses and almost everything they owned while traveling to an unknown place and an uncertain future. The Cherokee Indians suffered terrible indignities, sickness and death while being removed to the Indian territories west of the Mississippi, even though they maintained their culture and traditions, rebuilt their numbers and improved their living conditions by developing their own government, economy and social structure, they were never able to return to their previous greatness or escape the injustices of the American people.
Davy Crockett, the celebrated hero, warrior and backwoods statesman, was born August 17, 1786 in a small cabin on the banks of Nolichucky River, near the mouth of Limestone Creek, which today lies about three and a half miles off 11-E Highway near Limestone, Tennessee.
River and Oklahoma. Before doing the research for this essay I did know some of the information like the translation of the Quapaw name. However I learned more than I ever knew before, it was very interesting to learn more about the Tribe. A topic that could make for a good essay would be learning more about ceremonies and cultural practices so that young tribe members can connect with tribal culture more. Questions I still have about the tribe are how much of an influence did the French have on the Quapaw culture, and I would be interested in learning more about modern history of the tribe after the timeline ends? I feel incredibly grateful to be part of the Quapaw tribe, to be part of an amazing culture that I can learn about. Learning more about the tribe has made me even more interested in the cultural and more grateful to be part of something beautiful. I love that I am a member of the Quapaw tribe it is a huge part of my
The Algonquians on the other hand had tried to take over the Iroquoian territory. The Iroquois had fought and won a battle with the Algonquians for the territory they had lost for 20 years. Other than these two main groups, the Iroquois people were well rounded. All of the many families in a clan, many clans in a tribe, and many tribes make what is known as the one Iroquois Confederacy. Some of the famous people who were a big part of the Iroquoian culture were Deganawida and Hiawatha. Deganawida along with Hiawatha were the two founders of the Iroquoian Confederacy. They both organized a few of the Native American tribes and made it into a political and cultural confederacy. Another famous Iroquoian person is Dina A. John, who was a resident of the Onondaga tribe and survived the Van Shaik Expedition. She had also served in the War of 1812 and became an artist and entrepreneur in New York. These famous people are representing for what the Iroquois Confederacy has become. Contrary to what many historians believed, based on the narratives of this essay one would unequivocally conclude that indeed Native-Americans were never impoverish nor culturally
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship”-Louisa May Alcott. Captured by Comanche Indians around age eight, Cynthia Ann Parker was a white girl with an Indian spirit and lots of perseverance. She not only was a survivor and a witness of the Comanche raid on Fort Parker in May of 1836 but also became the chief’s wife. Cynthia Ann Parker is a well-known, accomplished woman in Texas History.
I was born November 3, 1793 in Austinville, Virginia to Mary and Moses Austin. When I was nine years old we boarded a flatboat to go to Missouri so our family could live without being in debt. We arrived in Missouri and were planning on having a two-story house. Nearby, there was also a barn, stable, smokehouse, blacksmith shop, and henhouse. I often played with the neighbors, which are Indian children.
Along with much of this a quincenera wouldn’t be complete without music. Usually a dj or live band will perform at the ballroom. Once the music starts play people can go about and dance. If it is a dj preforming, then his music can range from anything to Spanish, cumbias, pawangos, and American party music. On the other hand, if it is a band preforming, then the music wills stick to only what the band is known for playing. Mainly the overall aspect of the music is to get the people to dance and have a good time.
In conclusion, the Sioux expressed their belief to never give up even when they knew that there there was little to no hope of victory. The Sioux were grateful to have leaders as wise and courageous as Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Sometimes fighting for your freedom is worth the ultimate sacrifice.
On March 12, 1932, Andrew Young was born. His family was wealthier than some, it being a prosperous middle-class family. He was born and raised in New Orleans, LA. They never knew how much he would affect the state of GA, let alone an entire race of people. He made many advancements for the NAACP, and also worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr. He was one of the most influential people of his era, and forever changed the way of life for many.