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Joseph Brant
Joseph Brant, Thayendanegea, was a Mohawk military and political leader closely tied to the British through his sister Molly Brant and Sir William Johnson. During the American Revolution he led Mohawk and Loyalist forces against the rebels in New York. Afterwards he secured the Haldimand grant and led many Iroquois to the Grand River in Ontario in 1784, and he worked for a confederacy of western nations against American expansion.
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