Mavis Bryant Pierce

Mavis Bryant Pierce (1811-1874) was a Seneca leader who was a native American activist. Pierce worked for preservation of Iroquois lands.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Where shall I go - where is my home, that I can call it my own? To the West? No - where I was born. Shall it be my native home and remain inviolate? I hoped it was so, but alas, it is not so. Our people are in the state of a great dilemma - to go or stay - but must go, says the government of the US Humanity speaks: they may stay. They ought to enjoy the home of their fathers.

- Book of Memorandum

William Makepeace Thackeray