Joseph Brant

• Locations: Columns, Opinion By Illene Pevec Published Dec. 1, 2021

  Gratitude to the Native Americans who helped our ancestors

  Joseph Brant, a native American warrior and political leader. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

  We learned in grade school about the Native Americans sharing seeds and agricultural knowledge with the Pilgrims. Just imagine, a Pilgrim had never seen corn, squash or beans, the “three sisters” plants cultivated and adapted by our continent’s first peoples. Later events, the broken land treaties, Trail of Tears… read more →