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Article: Native American Tammanend America's real father.
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- May 1, 1996
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Who is the real father of the United States, George Washington or Tammanend (Tammany)? In April 1975, I gave a speech on that question at Michigan State University. I argued that George Washington was a late-comer and that a famous Delaware (Lenape) leader known as Tammanend was the original father-figure for the people of the United States.
Most people have heard of "Tammany Hall," a nickname for the Democratic Party organization in New York City. That name stems from the period of the U.S. War for Independence from Britain and a democratic revolution. They chose the name "St. Tammany" because at that time Tammanend, a Native leader in the 17th century, was held ...