HIAWATHA

hīˈəwäˈthə, fl. c.1550, legendary chief of the Onondaga of North America. He is credited with founding the Iroquois Confederacy. He is the hero of the well-known poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

See T. R. Henry, Wilderness Messiah (1955).

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A Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Companion
Book by Robert L. Gale; Greenwood Press, 2003
Subjects: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth--1807-1882--Criticism And Interpretation--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
...crosswise for safety. In gratitude, Hiawatha names the squirrel Adjidaumo, meaning...ashore and dies. Friendly seagulls see Hiawatha through the fishs ribs, and peck and claw its flesh until Hiawatha and Adjidaumo are freed. Hiawatha praises...
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The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes, Lowell, Whitman and Lanier
Book by Curtis Hidden Page; Houghton Mifflin, 1905
Subjects: American Poetry
...friend of old Nokomis, Made a bow for Hiawatha; From a branch of ash he made it, From...made of deer-skin. Then he said to Hiawatha: Go, my son, into the forest, Where...the forest straightway All alone walked Hiawatha Proudly, with his bow and arrows; And...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Book by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Houghton, Mifflin, 1883
Subjects: Poetry
...frisking on the summit. Full of scorn was Hiawatha When he saw the fish rise upward, Saw...this great boaster, Break the line of Hiawatha!" Slowly upward, wavering, gleaming...the sun-fish, Seized the line of Hiawatha, Swung with all his weight upon it...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Book by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Houghton Mifflin, 1893
Subjects: Poetry
...round him, oer him, "Do not shoot us, Hiawatha!" Sang the robin, the Opechee, Sang...bluebird, the Owaissa, "Do not shoot us, Hiawatha!" Up the oak-tree, close beside...between his laughing, "Do not shoot me, Hiawatha!" And the rabbit from his pathway Leaped...
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Major American Poets
Book by Harry Hayden Clark; American book company, 1936
Subjects: American Poetry--19th Cent, American Prose Literature, Poetics
Then the little Hiawatha Learned of every bird its language...friend of old Nokomis, Made a bow for Hiawatha; From a branch of ash he made it...made of deer-skin. Then he said to Hiawatha: "Go, my son, into the forest...
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Shades of Hiawatha: Staging Indians, Making Americans 1880-1930
Journal article by Iii Shepard Krech; Journal of Social History, Vol. 39, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Shades of Hiawatha: Staging Indians, Making Americans 1880-1930 (Book)--Book reviews
Shades of Hiawatha: Staging Indians, Making Americans 1880-1930. by III Shepard Krech Shades of Hiawatha: Staging Indians, Making Americans...2004. xxv plus 369 pp. $30.00). Hiawatha gets the prize for most misinterpreted...
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Zitkala-Sa, the Song of Hiawatha, and the Carlisle Indian School Band: A Captivity Tale
Journal article by Ruth Spack; Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, Vol. 25, 2008
Subjects: Bonin, Gertrude Simmons--Performances, Captivity narratives--Criticism and interpretation, Native American authors--Performances, Native American education--History, Native American writers--Performances, Native Americans--Education, Native Americans--History, Orators--Performances, Poetry readings--Social aspects, Song of Hiawatha (Poem)
Zitkala-Sa, the Song of Hiawatha, and the Carlisle Indian School...Longfellows narrative poem, The Song of Hiawatha. It is not surprising that Pratt...would have been well aware that the Hiawatha recitation would appeal to his target...
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Shades of Hiawatha: Staging Indians, Making Americans, 1880-1930
Journal article by Bruce E. Johansen; The Historian, Vol. 68, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Shades of Hiawatha: Shaping Indians, Making Americans, 1880-1930 (Book)--Book reviews
Shades of Hiawatha: Staging Indians, Making Americans...1930. by Bruce E. Johansen Shades of Hiawatha: Shaping Indians, Making Americans...00.) As a point of historical fact, Hiawatha was a cofounder of the Haudenosaunee...
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Requiem: Hiawatha in the 1920s and 1930s
Journal article by Jeffrey Green; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 21, 2001
Subjects: Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel--Works, Native Americans--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
Requiem: Hiawatha in the 1920s and 1930s. by Jeffrey Green...of Samuel Coleridge-Taylors Song of Hiawatha in the 1920s and 1930s. The hall had...combination of Coleridge-Taylors The Song of Hiawatha and the showmanship of Thomas Fairbairn...
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Discordant Notes: Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha, Community, Race, and Performance Politics
Journal article by Theresa Strouth Gaul; The Journal of American Culture, Vol. 27, 2004
Subjects: American history, Culture, Literary criticism, Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-82), Poetry, Poets, Society
...Discordant Notes: Longfellows Song of Hiawatha, Community, Race, and Performance...Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha In the 1957 film Desk Set, Bunny Watson...Henry Wadsworth Longfellows The Song of Hiawatha: "Forth upon the Gitche Gumee, / On...
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Shingleton Bog, Michigan
Magazine article; Natural History, Vol. 103, April 1994
Subjects: Ecosystems, Geographic profiles, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan
Shingleton Bog, Michigan In Hiawatha National Forest, in Michigans Upper Peninsula, a five-square...poor" fen and a "patterned" fen. To see them, I followed Hiawatha National Forest ecologist Jan Schultz, regional forest botanist...
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Summerby Swamp, Michigan
Magazine article; Natural History, Vol. 103, March 1994
Subjects: Flowers & plants, Geographic profiles, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, Wetlands
Summerby Swamp, Michigan Summerby Swamp, in Hiawatha National Forest, is among the countless wetlands that dot...and cedar swamp zones. (Another type of wetland found in Hiawatha National Forest will be explored in next months article on...
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25 Hot Webssites: We've Scoured Cyberspace So You Won't Have to. Here's Our List of 'Must Stops' to Make the Next Time You're Traveling the Net
Magazine article by Hiawatha Bray, Mille Stephen; Black Enterprise, Vol. 28, March 1998
Subjects: African Americans--Information services, Children--Information services, Job hunting--Information services, Personal finance--Information services, Travel industry--Information services, Web sites--Directories
...weve scoured cyberspace so you wont have to. Heres our list of must stops to make the next time youre traveling the Net by Hiawatha Bray , Mille Stephen Tired of getting lost in cyberspace and ending up at Web sites that dont offer a thing of interest? To...
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Building a Financial Power Hou$e: OmniBanc's Acquisition of Indecorp Would Create the Nation's First Black Interstate Operation
Magazine article by Hiawatha Bray; Black Enterprise, Vol. 24, June 1994
Subjects: Banking industry--Acquisitions, mergers, divestments, Indecorp Inc.--Acquisitions, mergers, divestments, Johnson, William T.--Biography, Omnibanc Corp.--Acquisitions, mergers, divestments, Shorebank Corp.--Acquisitions, mergers, divestments
...a financial power hou$e: OmniBancs acquisition of Indecorp would create the nations first black interstate operation by Hiawatha Bray WHEN WILLIAM T. JOHNSON ventured forth to create the largest black-owned bank holding company in the nation, he sincerely...
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Mr. Touchdown
Magazine article by Hiawatha Bray; Black Enterprise, Vol. 22, June 1992
Subjects: African American business enterprises--Achievements and awards, Automobile dealers--Achievements and awards, Farr, Mel, Sr.--Achievements and awards, Mel Farr Automotive Group Inc.--Achievements and awards
Mr. Touchdown by Hiawatha Bray For seven years, Mel Farr Sr. was a football hero--a two-time All-Pro running back for the Detroit Lions. Today...
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An Original 'Hiawatha' Elgin Choral Union Celebrates 60th Anniversary with Work by ESO's Robert Hanson
Newspaper article by Rob Phillips; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 22, 2007
An Original Hiawatha Elgin Choral Union Celebrates 60th Anniversary...Elgin Choral Union and the "Song of Hiawatha" pageants that the city embraced for...to present Robert Hansons completed "Hiawatha," at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday...
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Burlington Central Sweeps by Hiawatha
Newspaper article by Jonathan Amato; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 26, 2000
Burlington Central Sweeps by Hiawatha. by Jonathan Amato Rocket Hill could...if Saturdays doubleheader against Hiawatha is a guide, Rocket pitchers will...preserved the shutout for the Rockets. Hiawatha had loaded the bases with 1 out on...
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Halloween Hiawatha Train: Ride a Haunted Trolley to a Campfire along the Shore W
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 15, 2009
Subjects: Local transit
Halloween Hiawatha Train: Ride a Haunted Trolley to a Campfire along the Shore W. Halloween Hiawatha train: Ride a haunted trolley to a campfire along the shore with hot chocolate and sAEmores at Fox River Trolley Museum, 361 S. LaFox St...
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The Halloween Hiawatha Ghost Story Train: Ride a Haunted Trolley to a Campfire A
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 15, 2009
Subjects: Local transit
The Halloween Hiawatha Ghost Story Train: Ride a Haunted Trolley to a Campfire A. The Halloween Hiawatha ghost story train: Ride a haunted trolley to a campfire along the shore with hot chocolate and sAEmores at Fox River Trolley Museum, 361...
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Mooseheart 65, Kirkland-Hiawatha 31
Newspaper article by Neil Shalin; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 19, 2007
Mooseheart 65, Kirkland-Hiawatha 31. by Neil Shalin Byline: Neil Shalin Daily Herald Correspondent...the end of the first quarter of Tuesdays Mooseheart-Kirkland-Hiawatha boys basketball contest. Perales watched his Mooseheart team outscore...
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encyclopedia articles on: Hiawatha  - 9 results

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Hiawatha
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HIAWATHA hi wa th , fl. c.1550, legendary chief of the Onondaga of North America. He is credited with founding the Iroquois Confederacy...
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Iroquois Confederacy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the distinctive bark-covered rectangular structure known as the long house. When the prophet Deganawidah and his disciple Hiawatha founded (c.1570) the confederacy (to eliminate incessant intertribal warfare and to end cannibalism), this dwelling...
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Red Wing
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Minn., on the Mississippi River at the head of Lake Pepin; inc. 1857. It is a commercial and manufacturing center in the Hiawatha valley farm area. Farm products include grain, alfalfa, soybeans, livestock, and poultry. There is sunflower- and flax...
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Kalevala
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...number of works, notably Karelia (1893). The eight-syllable trochaic line of the Kalevala was imitated by Longfellow in Hiawatha. See tr. by W. F. Kirby (1907, new ed. 1956) and F. P. Magoun (1963...
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...interest in the abolitionist cause. He achieved great fame with long narrative poems such as Evangeline (1847), The Song of Hiawatha (1855), The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858), and Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863), which included "Paul Reveres Ride...
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