Jesse Cornplanter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jesse Cornplanter

Haudensosaunee artist and author from New York

Date of Birth: 16-Sep-1889

Place of Birth: Cattaraugus Reservation, New York, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1957

Profession: painter, sculptor, wood carver

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jesse J.
Cornplanter (September 16, 1889 – March 18, 1957) was an actor, artist, author, craftsman, Seneca Faithkeeper and World War I decorated veteran.
The last male descendant of Cornplanter, an important 18th-century Haudenosaunee leader and war chief, his Seneca name was Hayonhwonhish.
He illustrated several books about Seneca and Iroquois life.
Jesse Cornplanter wrote and illustrated Legends of the Longhouse (1938), which records many Iroquois traditional stories.
Cornplanter was also the first Native American to play a lead in a feature film titled Hiawatha, which was released in 1913 and a year before the notable Western The Squaw Man.