|
|
Article: Leon Shenandoah, Indian leader
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 24, 1996
CopyrightCopyright 1996 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
Leon Shenandoah, leader of the Onondaga Indians and spiritual
steward of the the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, has died
at 81.
Shenandoah's death Monday was lamented widely by the Iroquois,
who were once the greatest Indian power on the continent, influencing
life from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean.
"Words like `sad' don't fit," said Dennis Bowen, president of the
Seneca Indian Nation in western New York. "For us, it is like the
pope passing away."
Shenandoah believed Indian culture would rise again and Western
society, sickened by pollution and greed, would turn to his people
for ...