Abraham (fl. 1826–1845), "Prophet"

Franks, Kenny A.

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“…After the 1830 Indian Removal Act was passed, Abraham was involved in the Seminole's resistance to being removed to the Indian Territory, and then upon his surrender in 1837 served as a translator between the government and the Seminole. 43 Although Abraham was not Indigenous, Native American historians such as Ashley Glassburn Falzetti argue that it is imperative for such historical figures to be acknowledged within Indigenous histories. In her work on Frances Slocum, a settler woman captured by Miami people who spent the rest of her life in their society and had a number of Miami children, Falzetti suggests Slocum be recognised as Miami for she is the only significant Miami historical figure commemorated in local histories in Indiana.…”

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An Indigenous Australian Dictionary of Biography

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2019

‘True Biographies of Nations?’: The Cultural Journeys of Dictionaries of National Biography

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IADB) is a new Australian Research Council-funded research project I am leading with Malcolm Allbrook and Tom Griffiths, which seeks to redress the long-standing underrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within the Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB) by doubling the number of Indigenous biographies within the online ADB, and producing a stand-alone published volume of Indigenous short biographies. Yet, rather than just producing 190 new entries, our aim is also to rethink how Indigenous biographies can be conceptualised, being attentive to how and why Indigenous biography is distinctive, and how Indigenous people, who have long been marginalised and excluded from the national imaginary, can now be better accommodated with the ADB, and hence be better incorporated within the national story.

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Section: An Indigenous Australian Dictionary Of Biographymentioning

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An Indigenous Australian Dictionary of Biography

Konishi¹

2019

‘True Biographies of Nations?’: The Cultural Journeys of Dictionaries of National Biography

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Abraham (fl. 1826–1845), "Prophet"

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