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Ely Samuel Parker (1828 – August 31, 1895), born Hasanoanda (Tonawanda Seneca), later known as Donehogawa, was an engineer, U.S. Army officer, aide to General Ulysses Grant, and Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in charge of the government's relations with Native Americans.
1828-1895. Ely S. Parker was born on the Seneca Reservation at Tonawanda in western New York in 1828. His parents raised him in the traditions of the League of the Haudenosaunee (also known as Six Nations or Iroquois), but also educated him at a Baptist Mission school.
Ely Parker's meteoric rise in white society did not end with the Civil War. In 1865, he followed General Grant to Washington, D.C., and carved out a new place for himself in American history.
Ely S. Parker spent his life navigating between the world of his Seneca Nation family and the Civil War era in which he lived. His numerous attempts to integrate into mainstream society were repeatedly rebuffed due to his ethnicity and the color of his skin.
14 de sept. de 2017 · Ely Samuel Parker (born with the Native American name Hasanoanda and later known as Donehogawa) was a student of law, civil engineer and Seneca Indian leader who was a valuable informant of such well-known early anthropologists as Lewis Henry Morgan, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft and John Wesley Powell.
By the end of 1864, Parker was named Military Secretary to Grant with the rank of lieutenant colonel. In the esteemed role, Parker was present for the momentous surrender of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox.
Ely Parker (Indian Falls, Nueva York, en aquella época parte de la Reserva India de los Tonawanda, 1828 - Fairfield, Connecticut, 1895), también llamado Hasanoanda, fue un dirigente seneca. En 1852 fue nombrado Donehogawa (Guardián de la Puerta Oriental).
