Early Life
Where was Joseph Brant born?
Where is Ohio.
What side did Joseph Brant fight for in the American Revolutionary War?
Who are the British.
Which peoples was Joseph Brant seeking to protect?
Who is Native Peoples.
Joseph Brant closed cultural gaps by translating what religious text into the Mohawk language?
What is the Bible.
What did Joseph Brant hope to secure for his people?
What is to gain land rights for his people.
What tribe was Joseph Brant a part of?
Who is the Mohawks.
What rank did Joseph Brant hold in his army during the Revolutionary War?
What is Captain.
Along what river in Canada did Joseph Brant seek to secure land for the Mohawk people?
What is the Grand River.
What languages was Brant able to speak?
What is Mohawk, English, French and several other Iroquoian languages.
What medal did he receive from the British for service?
What is the Silver Medal.
What was Joseph Brant’s sister’s name?
Who is Molly Brant.
In which major battle did Joseph Brant lead Iroquois warriors into battle during 1777?
What is the Battle of Oriskany.
What did Joseph Brant primarily advocate for and focus his efforts on?
What are Native land right.
Joseph Brant advocated for which traditional method of passing down history in Indigenous communities to be used?
What is storytelling.
Joseph Brant also had a Mohawk name, Thayendanegea. What did this translate to?
What is “he places two bets”.
What was the name of Molly Brant’s husband, that helped Joseph receive an education? What was his title?
Who is Sir William Johnson, Superintendent of Indian Affairs.
What was Joseph Brant’s goals during military actions?
What is to defend Iroquois territory and assert Native sovereignty.
During the 1790’s, Joseph Brant worked to unite Native American tribes in response to what?
What is intrusion of American settlers.
Joseph Brant worked to secure land for the Mohawk people by negotiating with which European power?
What is the British government.
Joseph Brant Hospital is located in what city in Ontario?
What is Burlington.
What school did Joseph Brant attend to receive an education?
What is Moor’s Charity School for Indians.
What was the name of the military campaign led by General Sullivan that targeted Joseph Brant’s people in the Iroquois territory?
What is the Sullivan Expedition.
Joseph Brant traveled to London to negotiate with which British monarch in regard to Native American issues?
Who is King George III.
What Canadian city did Joseph Brant help establish?
What is Burlington.
Brant is one of 14 leading Canadian military figures commemorated at which site in Ottawa, Ontario?
What is Valiants Memorial.