Cornplanter | Compact History: Liberty and Legacy: Exploring the Revolution in Western New York

Who is Cornplanter? What can his life teach us about Western New York at the time of the American Revolution–and about a dam in the Alleghenies built in the 1960s?  Learn how conflict over land in Western New York has been a centuries-long debate. Further explore the relationships the Haudenosaunee cultivated with the Quakers in an after-viewing activity, and discuss treaties, land ownership, and the building of the Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River.