John Buck (Onondaga politician)

For other people named John Buck, see John Buck (disambiguation).
Buck in an 1897 article in the New-York Tribune.

John Buck (c. 1818 – 1893), titled Skanawati among other variants,[a] was a leader of the Onondaga who lived near Ontario's Grand River.[2][3][4] He was the official keeper of the wampum records of the Iroquois,[5][6] sometimes described as a firekeeper.[4] He took on the role of wampum keeper in 1843.[7] Buck was described in a contemporary account as "a capable ruler and an able and trustworthy negotiator".[8] Kenyon and Kenyon identify him as a "follower of Handsome Lake".[9]

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  2. ^ Buffalo Historical Society 1885, p. 12.
  3. ^ Buffalo Historical Society 1885, p. 46.
  4. ^ a b Welles 1892, p. 17.
  5. ^ Hale 1883, p. 41.
  6. ^ Rogers & Smith 1994, p. 192.
  7. ^ Muller 2007, p. 137.
  8. ^ Hale 1883, p. 161.
  9. ^ Kenyon, Ian; Kenyon, Thomas (February 1986). "Echo the Firekeeper: A Nineteenth Century Iroquois Site" (PDF). KEWA: Newsletter of the London Chapter, Ontario Archaeological Society. 86 (2): 12. ISSN 0228-4111.


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