Ely Parker , a Seneca Indian, was born in 1828 in Indian Falls, New York which was then the Tonawanda Reservation. His father, William Parker, was a Tonawanda Seneca Chief who had fought for the states in the War of 1812, and his mother was a granddaughter of Sos-he-o-wa, the successor of...
thanks. In general, I'm not sure how much of what Burns presents in the video is independently confirmed as factual, not that I am accusing him of outright fabrication.
A lifelong friend and trusted aide of Ulysses S. Grant, Ely Parker rose to the top in two worlds, that of his native Seneca Indian tribe and the white man's world at large. Through the Civil War and Reconstruction he strove to serve both worlds as best he could.