Famous Tuscarora


Tuscarora Chiefs and People of Note include:

Chief Blunt a.k.a. King Tom Blount

Chief Hancock

Diagawekee, sachem of the NY Tuscaroras

Wallace “Mad Bear” Anderson, Native activist

Dennis Cusick, painter

David Cusick, artist and author

John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt, linguist and ethnographer

Eric Gansworth, poet and visual artist

Henry Berry Lowrie, bandit

Frank Mount Pleasant, athlete

Pura Fé, musician

Clinton Rickard, Native activist

Tuscarora Nation