Joseph Brant

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Joseph Brant was a prominent 18th-century Mohawk military and political leader who allied with the British during the American Revolutionary War and became an influential figure in Indigenous-settler relations in North America.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Joseph Brant canonical 24
Thayendanegea 3
Mohawk leader Joseph Brant 2

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous military leader ⓘ
Loyalist ⓘ
Mohawk leader ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
person ⓘ
political leader ⓘ
translator ⓘ
war chief ⓘ
advocatedFor land rights of the Six Nations ⓘ
associatedWith British Indian Department ⓘ
Sir William Johnson ⓘ
birthDate 1743-03 ⓘ
birthName Thayendanegea ⓘ
linked to: Joseph Brant
birthPlace Ohio Country ⓘ
near Cuyahoga River ⓘ
burialPlace Her Majesty’s Chapel of the Mohawks, Brantford, Ontario ⓘ
citizenship British subject ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
deathDate 1807-11-24 ⓘ
deathPlace Burlington Bay ⓘ
near present-day Hamilton, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
educatedAt Moor’s Indian Charity School ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
American Revolutionary era ⓘ
ethnicity Mohawk ⓘ
helpedFound Six Nations reserve on the Grand River ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Mohawk ⓘ
some other Iroquoian languages ⓘ
led Mohawk warriors ⓘ
linked to: Iroquois warriors

mixed Indigenous and Loyalist forces ⓘ
legacy namesake of Brant County, Ontario ⓘ
namesake of the city of Brantford, Ontario ⓘ
memberOf Haudenosaunee Confederacy ⓘ
Mohawk Nation ⓘ
linked to: Mohawk people
militaryAllegiance Great Britain ⓘ
militaryBranch Indigenous auxiliaries of the British Crown ⓘ
name Joseph Brant ⓘ
notableFor Loyalist military campaigns in New York and Pennsylvania ⓘ
leadership of Mohawk and other Indigenous allies of Britain during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
role in Indigenous–settler relations in North America ⓘ
relative Molly Brant ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Grand River, Upper Canada ⓘ
linked to: Grand River
role interpreter for the British ⓘ
negotiator in land treaties ⓘ
sibling Molly Brant ⓘ
spouse Catharine Croghan ⓘ
Margaret Brant ⓘ
Susanna ⓘ
supported Great Britain ⓘ

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Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brantford → namedFor → Joseph Brant ⓘ
Mohawk people → notablePerson → Joseph Brant ⓘ
Mohawk people → notablePerson → Thayendanegea ⓘ
linked to: Joseph Brant
Battle of Oriskany → commander → Joseph Brant ⓘ
Cherry Valley raid → commander → Joseph Brant ⓘ
John Butler → workedWith → Joseph Brant ⓘ
subject linked to: Lieutenant Colonel John Butler
County of Brant → namedAfter → Joseph Brant ⓘ
Joseph Brant → name → Joseph Brant ⓘ
Joseph Brant → birthName → Thayendanegea ⓘ
linked to: Joseph Brant
Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte → historicalLeaderAssociated → Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant) ⓘ
linked to: Joseph Brant
Brant County → namedAfter → Joseph Brant ⓘ
Brant County → namedFor → Mohawk leader Joseph Brant ⓘ
linked to: Joseph Brant
Battle of Newtown → commander → Joseph Brant ⓘ
Battle of Newtown → associatedPeople → Mohawk leader Joseph Brant ⓘ
linked to: Joseph Brant
Brant → notableBearer → Joseph Brant ⓘ
Battle of Minisink → commander → Joseph Brant ⓘ
Margaret Brant → spouse → Joseph Brant ⓘ
Margaret Brant → partnerOf → Joseph Brant ⓘ
Margaret Brant → relativeOf → Joseph Brant ⓘ
Molly Brant → relative → Joseph Brant ⓘ
Molly Brant → sibling → Joseph Brant ⓘ
Her Majesty’s Chapel of the Mohawks → associatedWithPerson → Joseph Brant ⓘ
Her Majesty’s Chapel of the Mohawks → associatedWithPerson → Thayendanegea ⓘ
linked to: Joseph Brant
Catharine Croghan → spouse → Joseph Brant ⓘ