Native American Encyclopedia Papoose To Rosebud Reservation

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6 Parker Arthur Caswell Parker Arthur Caswell 1881 1955 was a Seneca Iroquois archeologist history writer and expert on Native American culture He was the first archeologist for the New York State Museum He also helped create the Society of American Indians which educated people about Native Americans In 1925 he became the director of the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences In 1935 he became the first president of the Society of American Archeology In 1944 he helped create the National Congress of American Indians an organization dedicated to giving authority back to tribes Parker Cynthia Ann about 1825 about 1871 was the daughter of Texas pioneers Raiding Comanche warriors captured her when she was nine years old A Comanche couple raised her and named her Preloch As an adult she married a chief and they had two sons and a daughter Texas Rangers captured Parker and her baby daughter from the Comanches and brought them to her Texas relatives She tried many times to escape from Texas and return to her Comanche family After one of her sons and then her daughter died of illness Parker followed the Comanche custom of refusing to eat She grew ill and died at the age of 43 See also Comanche Cynthia Ann Parker cut her hair as a Comanche symbol of grief believing that her husband Chief Peta Nocona had been killed by the Texas Raiders who captured her Parker Ely Samuel 1828-1895 was a leader of the Seneca tribe of the Iroquois Nation He worked in a New York law firm for three years He applied to take the bar examination which would allow him to become a lawyer However he was banned from the examination because he was not of European descent Therefore he studied engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy New York and worked as a civil engineer Next he fought in the American Civil War as brigadier general for the Union When the Confederate general surrendered Parker wrote the legal documents of surrender After the war he became the head of the Federal Commission on Indian Affairs from 1869 to 1871