| LC control no. | n 96016918 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Handsome Lake, 1735-1815 |
| Variant(s) | Lake, Handsome, 1735-1815 Ganiodaio, 1735-1815 Ganeodiyo, 1735-1815 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Cattaraugus County (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1735 |
| Death date | 1815 |
| Place of birth | Avon (N.Y. : Town) |
| Found in | Krise und religiòˆse Bewegung, 1988: t.p. (Irokesen ... Handsome Lake) LC database, 02-23-96 (hdg.: Handsome Lake, 1735-1815) Dennis, M. Seneca possessed, c2010: ECIP galley (Ganiodaio, or "Handsome Lake"; Native American prophet) Johansen, Bruce E. The encyclopedia of Native American biography, 1997: pages 159-160 (Handsome Lake; Ganeodiyo; Seneca, circa 1733-1815. Developed a religion combining tenents of Quakerism with the Iroquois Great Law of Peace, called the "Code of Handsome Lake" or the "Longhouse religion" that remains popular among contemporary Iroquois and has been partially incorporated into pan-Indian thought. Born at Conawagus, a Seneca village near present-day Avon, New York. Forced to move to the Allegheny Seneca Reservation in his early life.) |
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