Handsome Lake

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Handsome Lake was an influential Seneca religious leader and prophet who founded a revitalization movement blending traditional Iroquois beliefs with selected elements of Christianity.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Handsome Lake canonical 9
Handsome Lake (Sganyodaiyoʼ) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American religious figure ⓘ
Seneca person ⓘ
prophet ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ
activeIn 18th century ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
alternateName Handsome Lake (Sganyodaiyoʼ) ⓘ
linked to: Handsome Lake

Sganyodaiyo ⓘ
linked to: Sganyodaiyoʼ
birthName Sganyodaiyoʼ ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States ⓘ
culturalContext post–American Revolutionary War Iroquois society ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 1735 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1815 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Seneca ⓘ
hasInfluenced Seneca social reforms ⓘ
heritage Haudenosaunee ⓘ
influenced Iroquois religious practice ⓘ
Longhouse Religion adherents ⓘ
Native American revitalization movements ⓘ
knownFor blending Iroquois beliefs with elements of Christianity ⓘ
founding a revitalization movement among the Iroquois ⓘ
visions that led to the Gaiwiio ⓘ
memberOf Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
movement Gaiwiio ⓘ
Longhouse Religion ⓘ
linked to: Longhouse religion
nativeLanguage Seneca language ⓘ
notableIdea Gaiwiio (the Good Message) ⓘ
linked to: Gaiwiio

condemnation of witchcraft ⓘ
moral reform among the Iroquois ⓘ
preservation of Iroquois culture ⓘ
temperance ⓘ
notableWork Code of Handsome Lake ⓘ
opposedTo alcohol use ⓘ
domestic violence ⓘ
witchcraft (as understood in his teachings) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Seneca territory, Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Seneca nation
placeOfDeath Onondaga Reservation, New York ⓘ
positionHeld Seneca chief ⓘ
religious reformer ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Iroquois traditional religion ⓘ
Longhouse Religion ⓘ
linked to: Longhouse religion
sexOrGender male ⓘ
supported agricultural self-sufficiency ⓘ
family cohesion ⓘ
traditional Iroquois clan system ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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

Seneca → notableLeader → Handsome Lake ⓘ
Longhouse religion → foundedBy → Handsome Lake ⓘ
Red Jacket → contemporaryOf → Handsome Lake ⓘ
Handsome Lake → alternateName → Handsome Lake (Sganyodaiyoʼ) ⓘ
linked to: Handsome Lake
Handsome Lake Code → namedAfter → Handsome Lake ⓘ
subject linked to: Handsomen Lake Code
Handsome Lake Code → foundedBy → Handsome Lake ⓘ
subject linked to: Handsomen Lake Code
Gaiwiio → foundedBy → Handsome Lake ⓘ
Gaiwiio → centralFigure → Handsome Lake ⓘ
Code of Handsome Lake → hasCreator → Handsome Lake ⓘ