Ganioda'yo

Ganioda'yo

born с 1735, Ganawaugus, N.Y.
died Aug. 10, 1815, Onondaga, N.Y., U.S.

Seneca Indian chief.

He led a somewhat dissolute life before becoming seriously ill in 1799; on recovering, he reported a vision revealing the will of the Great Spirit. He developed a religion he called Gai'wiio (Good Message) that combined elements of Christianity and Indian beliefs; as an itinerant preacher, he urged his people to refrain from adultery, drunkenness, laziness, and witchcraft. The religion revitalized the demoralized Iroquois, and it was adhered to by many into the 20th century.

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▪ Seneca chief
born c. 1735, Ganawaugus, N.Y.
died Aug. 10, 1815, Onondaga, N.Y., U.S.

      Seneca Indian chief who developed a new religion for the Iroquois (see Handsome Lake cult). The cult was so successful that in the 20th century several thousand Indians still adhered to it.

      After a somewhat dissolute life, Ganioda'yo became seriously ill in 1799 and was near death. On his recovery he declared that he had been visited by three spirits, who revealed to him the will of the Great Spirit. From 1800, as an itinerant preacher of the religion that he called Gai'wiio (“Good Message”), he urged his people to refrain from adultery, drunkenness, laziness, and witchcraft. He explained his beliefs to Thomas Jefferson on the occasion of a visit to that president. His combination of old beliefs with Christian ethics provided the Iroquois with a faith that revitalized their civilization at a time when it was threatened with extinction by the white man's culture.

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