{"product_id":"red-jacket-iroquois-diplomat-and-orator-9780815605485","title":"Red Jacket: Iroquois Diplomat and Orator","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the first modern biography of Red jacket, Christopher Densmore sheds light on the achievements of this formidable Iroquois diplomat who, as a representative of the Seneca and Six Nations, met and negotiated with American presidents from George Washington to Andrew Jackson. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe political career of Red Jacket (1758-1830) began just before the American Revolution, when both the Americans and the British sought the alliance of the powerful Iroquois Confederacy. By the 1790s, Red Jacket was frequently the diplomat chosen by the Seneca Nation and the Iroquois Confederacy to represent them in councils and treaty negotiations between the United States, the British in Canada, and the Indian nations of the Ohio Country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRed Jacket spoke eloquently against the sale of Indian lands, against the encroachment of the white man's religion and culture, and in defense of Indian sovereignty. His speeches were widely known in his own lifetime and continue to be reprinted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815605485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.51h x 5.60w x 0.57d","brand":"Christopher Densmore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644652351644,"sku":"9780815605485","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2f00c20e-5434-4d76-b73c-84d2a16508f7.jpg?v=1603859135","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/red-jacket-iroquois-diplomat-and-orator-9780815605485","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}