Cornplanter Medal

Cornplanter Medal as first struck by Tiffany in 1904.

The Cornplanter Medal is an award for scholastic and other contributions to the betterment of knowledge of the Iroquois people. It was initiated by University of Chicago anthropologist Frederick Starr and was first awarded in 1904. It was named for the Iroquois chief Cornplanter and was endowed through sales of works by the artist Jesse Cornplanter.^[1]

It is awarded to people who fall into one or more of the following classes:^[2]

• Ethnologists, making worthy field-studies or other investigations among the Iroquois.
• Historians, making actual contributions to our knowledge of the Iroquois.
• Artists, worthily representing Iroquois life or types by brush or chisel.
• Philanthropists, whose efforts are based upon adequate scientific study and appreciation of Iroquois conditions and needs.

List of medal recipients

• 1904 General John S. Clark, historian and archaeologist^[2]
• 1906 Rev. William M. Beauchamp, archaeologist and ethnologist^[1]
• 1908 Dr. David Boyle, archaeologist and ethnologist^[1]
• 1910 William P. Letchworth, philanthropist^[1]
• 1912 Reuben Gold Thwaites, historian^[1]
• 1914 J.N.B. Hewitt, ethnologist^[3]
• 1916 Arthur C. Parker, archaeologist and ethnologist^[3]
• 1919 Alvin H. Dewey, philanthropist^[3]
• 1920 Mary Clark Thompson, philanthropist^[3]
• 1923 Professor Frederick Houghton, archaeologist^[3]
• 1926 Edwin H. Gohl, archaeologist and artist^[3]
• 1965 William N. Fenton, ethnologist and historian^[1]
• 1966 William A. Ritchie, archaeologist^[1]
• 1967 Merle H. Deardorff, ethnologist and historian^[1]
• 1968 Aldelphena Logan, artist^[1]
• 1969 Kenneth E. Kidd, historian and archaeologist^[1]
• 1970 Anthony F. C. Wallace, ethnologist and historian^[1]
• 1971 Floyd G. Lounsbury, linguist and ethnologist^[1]
• 1975 Marian E. White, archaeologist and historian; and Walter K. Long, artist^[1]
• 1977 Richard S. MacNeish, archaeologist^[1]
• 1979 Bruce G. Trigger, historian and archaeologist^[1]

References

Attributions

• Fenton, William N. (April 1980). "Frederick Starr, Jesse Cornplanter and the Cornplanter Medal for Iroquois Research". New York History. New York State Historical Association. 26 (2). JSTOR 23169465.
• Starr, Frederick (March 1905). "The Cornplanter Medal". The Open Court. Open Court Publishing Company. 19 (586): 186–188. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
• Starr, Frederick (December 1929). "The Later Awards of the Cornplanter Medal". The Open Court. Open Court Publishing Company. 43 (883): 749–755. Retrieved January 9, 2016.