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Iroquois History and Legends

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Dec 24, 2017

Spies are everywhere in 1778 on both sides of the conflict.  Joseph Brant leads Iroquois forces against Patriot settlements throughout Upstate New York.  Conversely American and Oneida soldiers launch counter attacks against Brant's supporting towns in Iroquoia.

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Forgotten Allies: The Oneida Indians and the...


Nov 29, 2017

Forty-one members of the Oneida Nation traveled to Valley Forge, PA in the Spring of 1778. General George Washington greeted each individual in person and warmly. The warriors went on to assist the Marquis de Lafayette at the Battle of Barren Hill and Polly Cooper an Oneida woman brings her experience as a cook and...


Nov 6, 2017

Following the American-Oneida victory at Fort Stanwix rifts grow deeper within the Six Nations.  Over three-hundred members of the Haudenosaunee gather at Albany for a Conference.  Just as it finishes however word arrives that Burgoyne's British army has crossed the Hudson River at Saratoga.


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GUYASUTA AND THE...


Oct 12, 2017

British General Barry St. Ledger begins the siege of Fort Stanwix August 3, 1777.  American General Herkimer is on his way to help.  Joining him are a group of Oneida led by Two-Kettles-Together (Tyonajanegen) and her husband Han Yerry (Tewahangarahken).

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GUYASUTA AND THE FALL OF INDIAN AMERICA BY BRADY J....


Oct 12, 2017

General John Burgoyne and Barry St. Ledger prepare to invade modern New York State from two different directions in 1777.  Burgoyne will attack Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain while St. Ledger and Joseph Brant strike the Americans at Fort Stanwix in the heart of Iroquoia.

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GUYASUTA AND THE FALL OF INDIAN...