Ely S. Parker's guest appearances

Ely S. Parker

Biography

The Buffalo History Museum Podcast

Charles Darwin

Ned Kelly

Douglas Mawson

Vida Goldstein

Catherine The Great

OwlTail

Ely S. Parker was born to a prominent Seneca family on an Indian reservation near New York, and to many was considered a man between two worlds. Working first as a tribal diplomat, and later forming a close friendship with Ulysses S. Grant during the civil war, he came to be the first Native American to hold the position of Head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Guest: Dr Claudia Haake (History, La Trobe University).

<p>Ely S. Parker was born to a prominent Seneca family on an Indian reservation near New York, and to many was considered a man between two worlds. Working first as a tribal diplomat, and later forming a close friendship with Ulysses S. Grant during the civil war, he came to be the first Native American to hold the position of Head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.</p> <p>Guest: Dr Claudia Haake (History, La Trobe University).</p>