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Article: Honouring Joseph Brant.(Brief article)
- Article from:
- The Loyalist Gazette
- Article date:
- March 22, 2007
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This year's 2007 Silver Dollar Coin from the Royal Canadian Mint features the likeness of Loyalist Joseph Brant. The Mint describes Brant this way: Born in Ohio during a tumultuous era that defined North America, Thayendanegea's life was greatly influenced by an alliance with the British. Thayendanegea was given the Christian name of Joseph Brant and received an English education.
Brant fought his first battle with the British when he was just a teenager. This young warrior was also a visionary. Brant clearly understood that Native people faced inevitable change and united various nations to protect their interests.
As war leader of the Six Nations and a ...