Rick Hill, Behind the Scenes
Rick Hill, Behind the Scenes Rick Hill, Behind the Scenes
11/04/2012 • “He has made the mist disappear for them” or “Disappearing of the Indian summer mist". • Bear Clan, Lower Mohawk • At 21 years-old, he set a building on fire in Buffalo in 1813. • Was given a special medal “in recognition of your loyalty in battling for your people even as your ancestors battled for the British Crown” given to him by Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn. • Appointed by the Crown as Speaker of the Six Nations. Reading Wampum 1871 (Woodland Museum) 10
11/04/2012 Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) • “This was by Col. Claus on behalf of the Canadian Government, after he had studied the wampum records, at which he must have been looking and understood their significance. It was given as a token that the government would never force the Indians to change their customs.” • Chief John Buck, Wampum Keeper, July 20, 1887 11
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Pauline Johnson (1861-1913)<br />
• “This was by Col. Claus on behalf of <strong>the</strong><br />
Canadian Government, after he had studied <strong>the</strong><br />
wampum records, at which he must have been<br />
looking and understood <strong>the</strong>ir significance. It<br />
was given as a token that <strong>the</strong> government<br />
would never force <strong>the</strong> Indians to change <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
customs.”<br />
• Chief John Buck, Wampum Keeper, July 20, 1887<br />
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