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6 Cook Lynn Elizabeth famous Leatherstocking Tales a series of five novels that includes The Last of the Mohicans Cook Lynn Elizabeth 1930 of Crow Creek and Sioux descent is a writer and novelist She was born on the Crow Creek Sioux Reservation in South Dakota where she grew up In 1971 she became a professor of Native American studies at Eastern Washington University and professor emeritus in 1993 She cofounded The Wicazo Sa Review a journal of Native American studies Much of Lynn Cook's writing is about the hardships of modern life for Native Americans She has received literary awards for her work including the 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Native Writers Circle of the Americas Coos also known as Kus and Hanis are from the central and south central coast of Oregon along Oregon's largest bay Coos Bay Before the time of European settlers the Confederated Tribes of Coos Lower Umpqua Siuslaw Indians and the Coquille Indians lived in this area for thousands of years They fished and hunted whales Besides using the whales for food and oil the Coos made stools to sit upon out of their large vertebrae Today tribal members continue to fight for compensation for lands lost through treaties broken by the United States government Copway George 1818 1869 a Mississauga Ojibwe wrote one of the first books by a Native American called The Life History and Travels of Kah ge ga gah Bowh in 1847 Copway's Life Letters and Speeches was one of the first James Fenimore Cooper's novels Leatherstocking book length autobiographies by a Native Tales portrayed early relationships between settlers American raised in a traditional Native and Native Americans American family He was born near Cooper James Fenimore Ontario Canada under the Ojibwe name 1789 1851 was a popular American Kah Ge Ga Gah Bowh His family author whose stories described the lives of converted to Christianity and Copway European settlers Native Americans and married an Englishwoman They served the business of fur trading He wrote the as Methodist missionaries until the church
corn 7 This Native American woman is grinding dried corn into flour to make bread accused Copway of stealing its money Then he moved to New York City and began writing books He also wrote Copway's American Indian a weekly New York newspaper One story is that corn was a gift from the Great Spirit Another story says that a type of bird called a crow brought corn Tribes had many ceremonies for showing their gratitude for corn Some tribes performed ceremonies during the time of planting while others celebrated the harvest Native Americans prepared corn in a variety of ways Besides eating it fresh people dried corn and ground it into flour for making bread They blanched corn to make hominy or grits and cooked it to make popcorn They also wove cornhusks into bags mats moccasins and dolls Corn also known as maize has long been a major food for many Native American cultures The earliest farmers of central Mexico grew corn about 7 000 years ago Some tribes such as the Iroquois grouped it as part of the Three Sisters corn beans and squash People grew it throughout the American continents Europeans carried it back to Europe and today farmers grow it all over the world Native Americans tell many stories about how corn was brought to them WORDS TO KNOW cornhusks KORN husks the outer leaves of an ear of corn vertebrae VER tuh bray the bones that make up the spine
8 cornhusk dolls Cornplanter 1750 1836 was a Seneca war chief and the son of a Seneca mother and Dutch father His tribe was part of the Iroquois League which fought alongside the British in the American Revolution In 1779 an army of 5 000 American Patriots destroyed Iroquois villages farms and animals Cornplanter tried to help his people escape but many died After the American Revolution Cornplanter signed the Treaty of Fort Stanwix which gave a large amount of Iroquois land to the United States He spoke with President Washington and President Jefferson about Seneca rights Eventually however The bodies of cornhusk dolls are made from dried he learned to mistrust cornhusks and the hair can be made from corn silk or animal hair the U S government and tried to help his Cornhusk dolls have been made by people return to their Native Americans for more than 1 000 traditional lifestyle years They soaked dried cornhusks and braided them to make the doll's arms and The son of a Seneca mother and Dutch father Chief Corplanter tried to help the Seneca legs Corn silk attached to the cornhusk maintain their culture served as hair An Iroquois legend claims that the Creator first made the cornhusk doll with Cornstalk Chief 1720 1777 a a beautiful face but because she bragged Shawnee fought against the British in the about her beauty he took her face away French and Indian War Militiamen at Therefore the doll makers made Point Pleasant West Virginia executed him traditional cornhusk dolls without faces to and his son According to local legend remind children that good looks are not as Chief Cornstalk's dying curse has caused important as good behavior floods fires and other disasters since ever
Coronado Francisco Vásquez de 9 Coronado's expedition traveled from Mexico into unexplored areas of the United States in search of the fabled seven cities made of gold Coronado Francisco Vásquez de the Grand Canyon Next they crossed 1510 1554 became famous for exploring today's Texas and Oklahoma into Kansas the southwestern part of the United States Searching for the Quivera supposedly one Born in Spain he eventually became of the seven cities of gold but found only a governor of New Galacia a Spanish poor village of thatched huts colony in New Spain Most considered Coronado's expedition New Spain was located in what is now a failure Only 100 of his men made it Mexico Antonio de Mendoza the first back to Mexico Coronado remained viceroy of New Spain heard reports that governor of New Galacia until 1544 Then there were seven cities made of gold north he moved to Mexico City where he died of Mexico He sent Coronado to find these bankrupt Although he had found no gold cities and bring back their riches They Coronado's expedition became the basis called this search the Coronado for the Spanish claim to the Expedition American Southwest In 1540 Coronado and about 300 Spaniards and 1 000 Tlaxcalteca embarked on this expedition They traveled north into present day Arizona and New WORDS TO KNOW Mexico where they found a Zuni pueblo but no gold The group continued to look bankrupt BANE krupt not having enough for gold becoming the first Europeans to money to pay one's debts travel up the Colorado River and explore viceroy VIE suh roy representative of the Spanish king
