David cusick biography
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Sketches of the Ancient History of the Six Nations
Sketches of the Ancient History of the Six Nations, by the TuscaroraDavid Cusick, is a mytho-historical narrative about the Iroquois Confederacy of six tribes: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and, later, the Tuscarora. First published between 1826 and 1827, the work has three parts: "A Tale of the Foundation of the Great Island (now North America);" "A Real Account of the Settlement of North America and their Dissentions", and "Origin of the Kingdom of the fem Nations." It was among the earliest English-language attempts to record Native American history from a Native American perspective.
Background
[edit]Cusick was the son of Nicholas Cusick, a Tuscarora sachem and interpreter in upstate New York. Born around 1780, David was (like his father) a veteran of America's wars; he fought in the War of 1812 and was, also like his father, a lärling of ett samlingsnamn för flera ursprungsfolk i nordamerika oral tradition.[1]: 47 A
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David Cusick's Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations by David Cusick
Comprising First—A Tale of the Foundation of the Great Island, (Now North America), The Two Infants Born, and the Creation of the Universe. Second—A Real Account of the Early Settlers of north America, and Their Dissensions. Third—Origin of the Kingdom of the Five Nations, Which Was Called a Long House: the Wars, Fierce Animals, &c.
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David Cusick facts for kids
David Cusick (c. 1780 – 1840) was a Tuscarora artist and the author of David Cusick's Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations (1827). This is an early (if not the first) account of Native American history and myth, written and published in English by a Native American.
Biography
Cusick was born between 1780 and 1785, probably on Oneida land in upstate New York. He was Tuscarora. His father, Nicholas Cusick (1756–1840), was a Revolutionary War veteran and an interpreter for the Congregationalist mission to the Seneca. He most likely attended a mission school where he learned to read and write English. David's younger brother, Dennis Cusick, was a watercolor painter, and together the two brothers help establish what the critic William C. Sturvetant has called the Iroquois realist school of painting. David served in the War of 1812, during which his village was burned by the British.
He was a physician, painter, and student of Haudenosaunee (I