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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).
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.
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.
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.
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 S. Parker spent his life trying to navigate being a Native American man in a white man’s world. Despite the blatant prejudice he was subjected to, his groundbreaking achievements throughout his life led the Bureau of Indian Affairs to name its headquarters in Virginia in his honor.
Hace 5 días · A Seneca Indian with legal training, admitted to the military only after Ulysses Grant intervened, Ely Parker made history by writing out the terms of the final Confederate surrender.
