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Hiawatha
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Also known as Ayenwathaaa, Aiionwatha, Haiëñ'wa'tha

Hiawatha ( , ; ), also known as Ayenwatha or Aiionwatha, was a precolonial Native American leader and cofounder of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. He was a leader of the Onondaga people, the Mohawk people, or both. According to some accounts, he was born an Onondaga but adopted into the Mohawks.

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Key facts

Person.name
Hiawatha
Person.image
Outdoor life and Indian stories - making open air life attractive to young Americans by telling them all about woodcraft, signs and signaling, the stars, fishing, camping - also stories of noted (14566539269) (cropped).jpg
Person.caption
An illustration of Hiawatha, circa 1912. Unknown artist.
Person.birth_date
Twelfth century (or fifteenth century)
Person.birth_place
Onondaga
Person.death_date
12th century (or 15th century)
Person.death_place
Haudenosaunee
Person.known_for
Cofounder and leader of the Iroquois Confederacy

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Legend
  • The Iroquois Confederacy
  • Hiawatha Belt
  • ''The Song of Hiawatha''
  • See also
  • Explanatory notes
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Hiawatha ( , ; ), also known as Ayenwatha or Aiionwatha, was a precolonial Native American leader and cofounder of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. He was a leader of the Onondaga people, the Mohawk people, or both. According to some accounts, he was born an Onondaga but adopted into the Mohawks.

==Legend== Although Hiawatha was possibly a real person, he was mostly known through his legend. The events in the legend have been dated to the middle 1100s through the occurrence of an eclipse coincident with the founding of the Iroquois Confederacy. This material and quotations are taken from the Mohawk version of the legend, as related by the prominent chief Seth Newhouse (Dayodekane). For an Onondaga version of the legend, see Parker: "The Hiawatha Tradition".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hiawatha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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