One real American : the life of Ely S. Parker, Seneca Sachem and Civil War general by Bruchac, Joseph 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020)

BTSB #: 163296 Available

Dewey: 974.7004/BAges: 10-14   
F&P: Z+

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Subjects: Parker, Ely Samuel,|d1828-1895 United States.|bArmy - Biography Seneca Indians - Kings and rulers - Biography Generals - United States - Biography Public administration Native Americans - North America - Biography United States - History|y1861-1865, Civil War - Biography

Summary: Biography of Ely S. Parker, a member of the Seneca, an Iroquois nation, who was an attorney, engineer, and tribal diplomat. Raised on a reservation but schooled at a Catholic institution, he learned English at a young age. During the American Civil War, he was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel and was the primary draftsman of the terms of the Confederate surrender at Appomattox. He eventually became President Grant's Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the first Native American to hold that post.