| 词条 | George Heron | ||
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| name = George Heron | image = | image_size = | caption = | tribe = Seneca Nation of New York | lead = | birth_date = {{birth date|1919|02|22}} | birth_place = Red House, New York | death_date = {{death date and age|2011|05|26|1919|02|22}} | death_place = Salamanca, New York | predecessor = | successor = | native_name = Hah Seh Nogwas | nicknames = | known_for = Leading opposition to Kinzua Dam; and organizing resettlement efforts; cultural, community, and political work | death_cause = | resting_place = | rp_coordinates = | religion = Presbyterian | party = New Deal Party | education = | spouse = | partner = | children = Two sons, a daughter, two step-sons, and a step-daughter | parents = Parents, David and Flora Tallchief Heron | relations = Sisters, Inez Redeye, Mary Snow, and Ada Heron. | signature = | footnotes = }} George D. Heron (February 22, 1919 – May 26, 2011) was president of the Seneca Nation of Indians (Seneca Nation of New York) from 1958 to 1960 and again from 1962 to 1964. In addition to his cultural and community work, he is known as a leader of the Seneca opposition to Kinzua Dam, and for his work organizing the tribal resettlement. Heron was known as a tribal historian, Seneca language linguist, and teacher. He worked extensively with William N. Fenton, an ethnologist who studied and wrote about the Seneca and Iroquois Confederacy. A political progressive, Heron was a member of the New Deal Party, one of the political factions in the nation before the current Seneca Party achieved one-party rule in the 1990s. BiographyGeorge D. Heron was born in 1919 on the reservation of Seneca Nation of New York. As a young man, Heron served in the Civilian Conservation Corps, cutting trees as well as building "cabins, bridges and roads still in use" at Allegany State Park, as of 2008.[1]
During Heron's tenure as President of the Seneca Nation of New York, from 1958 to 1960 and again from 1962 to 1964, tribal members strongly opposed relocation of residents for construction of Kinzua Dam, a federal project proposed for flood control and hydropower generation.[3]
Heron led the tribe's relocation efforts,[4] and oversaw construction of two residential communities: Jimersontown and Steamburg. The tribe used compensation received following the "Kinzua Dam condemnation of Coldspring and a third of the reservation."[3] {{Quote box|title = Treaty of Canandaigua |quote = To us it is more than a contract, more than a symbol; to us the 1794 Treaty is a way of life.[5] |source = George Heron }} He also served as treasurer and councillor for the tribe.[6][7] Women, who had been denied the right to vote in Seneca elections, were granted suffrage during Heron's second term. Heron supported expanding suffrage as he felt the then-majority view of the Seneca men (who rejected multiple referenda to allow the women to vote) was too conservative and too ignorant of the non-native way of thinking to negotiate effectively.[8] He was "a member of the Iroquois National Museum Board of Directors, representative to the New York State Department of Aging and leader of the Iroquois Agricultural Society,",[2] on the executive board of the National Congress of American Indians, and an elder of Jimerstown Presbyterian Church.[9] He counted anthropologist William N. Fenton and State Senator Catharine M. Young among his personal friends. "He was employed by the Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers Local #6, Buffalo, New York retiring in 1981."[10] His "Ga Ga Hut" pinto type pole bean variety has been sold as heirloom seeds.[11] Some of his seed corn was submitted to Cornell University for safekeeping.[3] He died on May 26, 2011, aged 92.[6] Awards
References1. ^{{cite news|url=http://post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/510940/CCC-Alumni-Visit-Allegany-State-Park.html?nav=5018 |title=CCC Alumni Visit Allegany State Park |work=The Post-Journal |date=Sep 7, 2008 |accessdate=December 5, 2012 |author=Turano, Sharon |location=Jamestown, NY |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084649/http://post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/510940/CCC-Alumni-Visit-Allegany-State-Park.html?nav=5018 |archivedate=March 4, 2016 |df= }} 2. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/military/Senator-honors-former-Seneca-President |title=Senator honors former Seneca President |publisher=WIVB 4.com |date=April 5, 2010 |accessdate=December 5, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408024301/http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/military/Senator-honors-former-Seneca-President |archivedate=April 8, 2010 |df= }} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web | url=http://www.salamancapress.com/news/article_76df604a-e47f-5bda-a2ad-5cc6149c3c6c.html | title=Honored Seneca Historian, Linguist, And WWII Vet, George Heron, Turns 89 | work=Salamanca Press.com | date=Feb 27, 2008 | accessdate=December 5, 2012 | author=Grabowski, Amanda}} 4. ^{{Cite news |last = Chris Lareau |title = Cornplanter, can you swim? |work = Allegheny Almanac |accessdate = 2012-09-23 |date = 2009-12-17 |url = http://www.alleghenyalmanac.com/2009/12/cornplanter-can-you-swim.html |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100116072548/http://www.alleghenyalmanac.com/2009/12/cornplanter-can-you-swim.html |archivedate = 2010-01-16 |df = }} 5. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.ganondagan.org/1794-CTreaty-Article.html | title=1794 Canandaigua Treaty | work=Ganondagan | accessdate=December 5, 2012 | author1=Brown, Edgar A. | author2=edited by Jeanette Miller | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830101013/http://www.ganondagan.org/1794-CTreaty-Article.html | archivedate=August 30, 2011 | df= }} 6. ^1 2 "Former Seneca president & war vet passes away" 7. ^George D. Heron obituary, Post-Journal 8. ^{{cite news|title=Seneca Women's Vote is Vital, Heron Asserts|newspaper=The Bradford Era|date=October 14, 1964}} 9. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.salamancapress.com/news/article_69bd5eb2-8948-11e0-b414-001cc4c03286.html | title=Friends And Family Remember George Heron | work=Salamanca Press | date=May 28, 2011 | accessdate=December 5, 2012 |author1=Michel, Christopher |author2=Rich Place}} 10. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.orourke-orourke.com/index.php?George%20Heron | title=George Heron | publisher=O'Rourke & O'Rourke Inc. Funeral Home | year=2007 | accessdate=December 5, 2012}} 11. ^{{cite web |url=http://appalachianheirloomplantfarm.weebly.com/native-american-seed.html |title=Native American Seeds |publisher=Appalachian Heirloom Plant Farm |accessdate=December 5, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608214338/http://appalachianheirloomplantfarm.weebly.com/native-american-seed.html |archivedate=June 8, 2013 |df= }} External links
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