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Chief Os-ke-non-ton (c.1888-1955)
Chief Os-ke-non-ton of the Mohawk Nation, who appeared in the Royal Choral Society productions of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Hiawatha between 1925 and 1939.
Kodachrome postcard, probably dating from the late 1930s, with the caption: “The renowned Indian Chieftain, Os-ke-non-ton of the Bear Clan of the tribe of the Mohawks. His name means Running Deer and he is internationally famous as an Opera Singer and Lecturer on Indian lore. Chief Os-ke-non-ton is a frequent visitor at Old Fort Niagara. Color photograph by Vida Benedict.”
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