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On June 11, 1950, the Cleveland Plain Dealer published an obituary under the bold headline &8220Chief Thunderwater, Famous in Cleveland 50 Years, Dies.&8221 And there, it seems, the consensus on Thunderwater ends. Was he, as many say, a con artist and an imposter posing as an Indian who lead a political movement that was a cruel hoax? Or was he a Native activist who worked tirelessly and successfully to promote Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois, sovereignty in Canada? The truth about this enigmatic figure, so long obscured by vying historical narratives, emerges clearly in Gerald F. Reid&8217s biography, Chief Thunderwater&8212the first full portrait of a central character in twentieth-century Iroquois history. Searching out Thunderwater&8217s true identity, Reid documents Thunderwaters life from his birth in 1865, as Oghema Niagara, through his turns as a performer of Indian identity