Hiawatha was a Native American chief of both the Onondaga and Mohawk nations at one point of time and another. He was living around the year 1550. He was an adherent of The Great Peacemaker, a prophet to whom the establishment of the Iroquois confederacy was attributed.
If it was The Great Peacemaker who came up with good ideas and concepts, Hiawatha was the one who executed these ideas. He was a skilled politician and a magnetic public speaker. He played an important role in convincing the Iroquois people, Mohawks, Onondagas and other groups who spoke resembling languages, to admit to The Great Peacemaker's revelation and join together to form the Five Nations of the Iroquois confederacy. These were later joined by the Tuscaroras to become the Six Nations.
Hiawatha is the principle subject in a famous poem by H.W.Longfellow, called "The Song of Hiawatha".
If it was The Great Peacemaker who came up with good ideas and concepts, Hiawatha was the one who executed these ideas. He was a skilled politician and a magnetic public speaker. He played an important role in convincing the Iroquois people, Mohawks, Onondagas and other groups who spoke resembling languages, to admit to The Great Peacemaker's revelation and join together to form the Five Nations of the Iroquois confederacy. These were later joined by the Tuscaroras to become the Six Nations.
Hiawatha is the principle subject in a famous poem by H.W.Longfellow, called "The Song of Hiawatha".
