Levi General

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Levi General, better known by his title Deskaheh, was a Cayuga chief of the Six Nations who became an important early 20th-century advocate for Haudenosaunee sovereignty and international recognition.

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Levi General canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cayuga chief ⓘ
Haudenosaunee leader ⓘ
indigenous rights activist ⓘ
person ⓘ
advocatedFor protection of traditional Haudenosaunee governance ⓘ
recognition of Six Nations as a sovereign nation ⓘ
burialPlace Tuscarora Reservation ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 1873 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1925-06-27 ⓘ
ethnicity Haudenosaunee ⓘ
Iroquois ⓘ
linked to: Haudenosaunee
hasHonorific Chief Deskaheh ⓘ
hasTitle Deskaheh ⓘ
heldPosition speaker of the Six Nations Council ⓘ
knownFor advocacy for Haudenosaunee sovereignty ⓘ
opposition to Canadian federal control over Six Nations ⓘ
petitioning the League of Nations ⓘ
seeking international recognition of Six Nations ⓘ
languageSpoken Cayuga ⓘ
English ⓘ
memberOf Cayuga Nation ⓘ
linked to: Cayuga nation

Six Nations of the Grand River ⓘ
opposed imposition of the Canadian Indian Act on Six Nations ⓘ
placeOfBirth Canada ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Six Nations of the Grand River reserve ⓘ
placeOfDeath Tuscarora Reservation ⓘ
United States ⓘ
near Lewiston, New York ⓘ
politicalMovement indigenous self-determination ⓘ
purposeOfTravel to address the League of Nations ⓘ
regionOfActivity Geneva ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
represented Haudenosaunee Confederacy ⓘ
Six Nations of the Grand River ⓘ
subjectOf Haudenosaunee sovereignty discourse ⓘ
indigenous rights historical studies ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
traveledTo Geneva ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ

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Deskaheh → hasGivenName → Levi General ⓘ
Deskaheh → alsoKnownAs → Levi General ⓘ