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Article: The Worlds of Joseph Brant.
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- The Loyalist Gazette
- Article date:
- September 22, 2005
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The Worlds of Joseph Brant
In late February, TVO (Ontario's public television network) broadcast a show on Joseph Thayendanegea Brant UE as part of their series on prominent Native Americans in Canada. Here are a few brief observations.
Brant was portrayed as a man straddling two cultures, and in some respects, hungry for power. His career was traced, including controversial land dealings in Canada alter the War. The attitude towards him was somewhat ambivalent. I suspect it is part of a trend that sees the Native Americans as having made a mistake by siding with the British during the American Revolution. I find that viewpoint rather astonishing. While ...