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Elias Cornelius Boudinot (August 1, 1835 – September 27, 1890) was an American politician, lawyer, newspaper editor, and co-founder of the Arkansan who served as the delegate to the Confederate States House of Representatives representing the Cherokee Nation.
Jun 16, 2023 · Elias Cornelius Boudinot was a mixed-lineage Cherokee lawyer, newspaper editor, and lobbyist. He was active in civic life and Democratic Party politics in Arkansas during the Civil War era, serving in the Confederate Cherokee forces and the Confederate Congress during the conflict.
BOUDINOT, ELIAS CORNELIUS (1835–1890). A lawyer, Elias Cornelius Boudinot was born on August 1, 1835, in New Echota, Cherokee Nation, East, in present Gordon County, Georgia, to tribal spokesperson Elias Boudinot and Harriet Ruggles Gold, his white wife.
Elias Boudinot ( / ɪˈlaɪəs buːˈdɪnɒt / il-EYE-əs boo-DIN-ot; May 2, 1740 – October 24, 1821), a Founding Father of the United States, was a lawyer, statesman, and early abolitionist and women's rights advocate from Elizabeth, New Jersey.
"Elias Cornelius Boudinot provides the first full account of a man who was intimately and prominently involved in the life of the Cherokee Nation in the second half of the nineteenth century and was highly influential in the opening of the former Indian Territory to white settlement and the eventual formation of the state of Oklahoma.
Elias Boudinot (Cherokee: ᎦᎴᎩᎾ ᎤᏩᏘ, romanized: Gallegina Uwati; 1802 – June 22, 1839), also known as Buck Watie) was a writer, newspaper editor, and leader of the Cherokee Nation. He was a member of a prominent family, and was born and grew up in Cherokee territory, now part of present-day Georgia.
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Elias Cornelius Boudinot provides the first full account of a man who was intimately and prominently involved in the life of the Cherokee Nation in the second half of the nineteenth century...
Few Native Americans are more enigmatic than Elias Cornelius Boudinot, a nineteenth century Cherokee mixed-blood who championed policies opposed by most members of his tribe. The motivation of this complex individual whose actions undercut tribal sovereignty continues to intrigue those familiar with his life.
Elias Cornelius Boudinot : a life on the Cherokee border. Responsibility. James W. Parins. Imprint. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2006. Physical description. 250 p., 6 p. of plates : ports. ; 24 cm. Series. American Indian lives. At the library. Green Library. Today's hours: 8a - 7p. Find it Stacks. More options.
Elias Cornelius Boudinot, a mixed-lineage Cherokee lawyer, newspaper editor, and lobbyist during the Civil War era.
