Red Jacket

AKA:

Sagoyewatha

Birth Name:

Otetiani

Birth Date:

December 31, 1969

Birth Place:

Old Seneca Castle, New York (disputed)

Death Date:

January 20, 1830

Place of Death:

Seneca Village, Buffalo, New York

Age:

Cause of Death:

Natural causes

Cemetery Name:

Forest Lawn Cemetery

Claim to Fame:

Historical Figure

Red Jacket, chief of the Wolf clan nation, became famous as an orator, speaking for the rights of his people. After the Revolutionary war, he played a prominent role in negotiations with the new U.S. federal government. The US president George Washington presented him with a special "peace medal", a large oval of silverplate engraved with an image of Washington shaking Red Jacket's hand. Red Jacket wore this medal on his chest in every portrait painted of him.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Forest Lawn Cemetery

1411 Delaware Ave

Buffalo, New York, 14209

USA

North America

Map:

Grave Location:

Section 12, Lot 1-W PT, Space 1

Grave Location Description

Enormous monument at the entrance. Seriously … you can’t miss it.

Grave Location GPS

42.9231212,-78.8661028

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Videos Featuring Red Jacket:

Red Jacket's Speech 1805 - Narration and Native Flute Music by Ronald Roybal

Sagoyewatha: Chief Red Jacket - Seneca Leader & Orator

Religion For The White Man And The Red: Chief Red Jacket's 1805 Speech