Henry Schoolcraft

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Henry Schoolcraft was a 19th-century American geographer, ethnologist, and Indian agent best known for his explorations of the upper Midwest and his influential studies of Native American cultures.

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instanceOf Indian agent
ethnologist
geographer
human
birthDate 1793-03-28
birthPlace Albany County, New York NERFINISHED
Guilderland, New York NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1864-12-10
educatedAt Middlebury College NERFINISHED
Union College NERFINISHED
employer United States government NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupStudied Cherokee NERFINISHED
Ojibwe NERFINISHED
Sioux NERFINISHED
explored Lake Superior region NERFINISHED
upper Great Lakes
upper Mississippi River region
familyName Schoolcraft NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Native American studies
ethnology
geography
genre ethnography
history
travel writing
givenName Henry NERFINISHED
influenced Henry Wadsworth Longfellow NERFINISHED
influenceOn The Song of Hiawatha NERFINISHED
knownFor explorations of the upper Midwest
research on Ojibwe (Chippewa) peoples
studies of Native American cultures
languageOfWorkOrName English
name Henry Rowe Schoolcraft NERFINISHED
notableWork Algic Researches NERFINISHED
Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States NERFINISHED
Oneóta, or Characteristics of the Red Race of America NERFINISHED
occupation Indian agent
author
ethnologist
geographer
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
positionHeld Indian agent at Sault Ste. Marie
United States Indian agent
residence Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan NERFINISHED
Washington, D.C.
spouse Jane Johnston Schoolcraft NERFINISHED
Mary Howard NERFINISHED

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Schoolcraft County, Michigan namedAfter Henry Schoolcraft