Hiawatha: Messenger of Peace

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M.K. McElderry Books, 1992 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 40 pages
Hiawatha is usually associated with Longfellow's poem "The Song of Hiawatha", which is about a fictional character. This is the fascinating account of the real Hiawatha who helped to bring peace to five warring Iroquois tribes, uniting them in the Iroquois Federation, which flourished for about 300 years. Illustrated with a map and 20 photographs, which include paintings by modern Iroquois artists.

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