Joseph Brant

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Joseph Brant was a prominent 18th-century Mohawk military and political leader who allied with the British during the American Revolutionary War and became an influential figure in Indigenous-settler relations in North America.

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Joseph Brant canonical 10
Thayendanegea 2
Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous military leader
Loyalist
Mohawk leader
diplomat
person
political leader
translator
war chief
advocatedFor land rights of the Six Nations
associatedWith British Indian Department
Sir William Johnson
birthDate 1743-03
birthName Joseph Brant self-linksurface differs
surface form: Thayendanegea
birthPlace Ohio Country
near Cuyahoga River
burialPlace Her Majesty’s Chapel of the Mohawks, Brantford, Ontario
citizenship British subject
conflict American Revolutionary War
deathDate 1807-11-24
deathPlace Burlington Bay
near present-day Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
educatedAt Moor’s Indian Charity School
era 18th century
American Revolutionary era
ethnicity Mohawk
helpedFound Six Nations of the Grand River
surface form: Six Nations reserve on the Grand River
languageSpoken English
Mohawk
some other Iroquoian languages
led Iroquois warriors
surface form: Mohawk warriors

mixed Indigenous and Loyalist forces
legacy namesake of Brant County, Ontario
namesake of the city of Brantford, Ontario
memberOf Iroquois Confederacy
surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy

Mohawk people
surface form: Mohawk Nation
militaryAllegiance Great Britain
militaryBranch Indigenous auxiliaries of the British Crown
name Joseph Brant self-link
notableFor Loyalist military campaigns in New York and Pennsylvania
leadership of Mohawk and other Indigenous allies of Britain during the American Revolutionary War
role in Indigenous–settler relations in North America
relative Molly Brant
religion Anglicanism
residence Grand River
surface form: Grand River, Upper Canada
role interpreter for the British
negotiator in land treaties
sibling Molly Brant
spouse Catharine Croghan
Margaret Brant
Susanna
supported Great Britain

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Brantford namedFor Joseph Brant
Mohawk people notablePerson Joseph Brant
Mohawk people notablePerson Joseph Brant
this entity surface form: Thayendanegea
Battle of Oriskany commander Joseph Brant
Cherry Valley raid commander Joseph Brant
Lieutenant Colonel John Butler workedWith Joseph Brant
subject surface form: John Butler
County of Brant namedAfter Joseph Brant
Joseph Brant name Joseph Brant self-link
Joseph Brant birthName Joseph Brant self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Thayendanegea
Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte historicalLeaderAssociated Joseph Brant
this entity surface form: Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant)