57 Ely Parker | Part 1 | Teenage Diplomat

Iroquois History and Legends

Andrew James Cotter

Canadian History, Iroquois, History, North American History, First Nations, Religion & Spirituality, American History, Education, Six Nations, Native America, Christianity, Native American, Indian History, Colonial History, Haudenosaunee

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🗓️ 1 June 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

It could be said that Ely Parker was the most famous Seneca man of the 19th Century. The grandnephew of Red Jacket became a teenage diplomat, interpreter, aspiring lawyer, domestic engineer and Sachem all before the age of 30. The crazy thing is, that is not at all what he is remembered for. Later in life he would become a General in the Civil War, a Wall Street broker and the first Indigenous person ever to be the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

In this episode we look at the early years of Ely S. Parker.

References:

The Life of General Ely S. Parker by Arthur C. Parker

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00W0LEWL0/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Warrior in Two Camps by William Armstrong

https://www.amazon.com/Warrior-Camps-Iroquois-Their-Neighbors/dp/0815624956

American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by John Meacham

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001FA0JSM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Erichoy History and Legends.
0:22.3	I'm Caleb and I am Andrew.
0:24.8	For the first time, I'm recording from our Canada,
0:27.1	Anglo studio in New York, USA, and Andrew is now in...
0:31.9	I'm in Malaysia, not by choice.
0:35.0	Welcome to 2020, where nothing makes sense and yet we find ourselves in awkward situations where I am stranded in Malaysia for the last three months and probably foreseeable future.
0:47.3	But at least we've got the ocean.
0:49.3	So if the sound quality is a little different guys, that's why. So forgive us us but it's been a while since we've done an
0:55.0	episode Andrew yeah i've been looking forward to this for a long time from the very beginning like
1:00.4	we're talking like a year before we even started this podcast so five years ago i learned about this
1:07.2	guy named ely parker this guy's life is absolutely amazing and i thought to myself we have to do an episode of this guy named Ely Parker. This guy's life is absolutely amazing,
1:12.3	and I thought to myself,
1:13.2	we have to do an episode of this guy when we get to it.
1:16.2	And now that Caleb and I have, like many things,
1:18.3	research his life, we're like,
1:20.0	I don't know if we can get this into one episode.
1:22.8	But Ely Parker's life is just incredible,
1:25.7	and despite his humble beginnings, he goes on to rise to the heights of power in Washington, D.C.
1:31.3	Many people probably have never even heard him before, but we guarantee after you listen to this series that we have on him,
1:38.3	you're going to have an amazing appreciation and learn a lot about United States history and hopefully Iroquois history and the life of
1:46.8	Ely Parker. Now, Andrew, before this episode, we did a whole series on the War of 1812. And when the
1:53.7	war finished up, things really started to change rapidly for the Native American peoples of the
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