Her crusade and relentless agitation led to trouble with the law and arrests in Oklahoma in 1913 and Colorado in 1916.[14]. [58] Her book was "lovingly dedicated" to the memory of Chief Redbird Smith, spiritual leader of the Nighthawk Keetoowah (Cherokee), "who preserved his people from demoralization, and was the first to accept the Lolomi.". She was a real troublemaker as seen by the US and tribal council supporters. "Oneida Indians Claim 6million New York Acres". 2 ratings1 review Laura Cornelius Kellogg was an eloquent and fierce voice in early twentieth century Native American affairs. Laura Cornelius Kellogg was an eloquent and fierce voice in early twentieth century Native American affairs. Kellogg, a descendant of distinguished Oneida leaders, was a founder of the Society of American Indians. In October 1927, a class action suit, James Deere v. St. Lawrence River Power, filed in 1925 in United States District Court for the Northern District of New York on behalf of the Six Nations to eject a subsidiary of Alcoa Aluminum and other occupants from a small parcel of land, was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Book Description: Laura Cornelius Kellogg was an eloquent and fierce voice in early twentieth century Native American affairs. "This statue will stand on the land of the Cayuga Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and it is our hope that Laura's words. An organizer, author, playwright, performer, and linguist, Kellogg worked . Gretchen M. Bataille and Lisa Marie, "Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, (2001), p.171. Reportedly, Kellogg thought her removal was "an injustice and humiliation". Kellogg and Onieda Chiefs, 1925.png 584 308; 470 KB Kellogg in South Califonia, 1903.png 603 401; 594 KB Laura Cornelius Kellogg and Chief Daniel Bread.png 1,064 794; 532 KB Laura Cornelius Kellogg.1.png 283 361; 99 KB The Indians would then "be enrolled as members of this cooperative body [52]" Each member of the cooperative body would have exactly one vote each. [citation needed] "No," she concluded, "I cannot see that everything the white man does is to be copied.[38]. found: Laura Cornelius Kellogg, 2015: ECIP t.p. Kellogg's Lolomi vision is realized in the success of the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin. [76], In 1925, Kellogg organized a ceremony recognizing Oneida chiefs and calling for federal protection while simultaneously exercising tribal governance.[78]. Like many other Indigenous leaders, her story was eclipsed by the narratives of European-Americans, and for Kellogg in particular the historical emphasis given to white feminists and anthropological perspectives of the vanishing Indian. Laura Cornelius Kellogg was chosen because of her lifelong work to restore the Confederacy and traditional governance, as well as her efforts nationally and internationally to return sovereignty and lands to the Haudenosaunee. [15] In 1908, Kellogg embarked on a two-year European journey. [4] Kellogg came from a distinguished lineage of Indian tribal leaders, which is said to have contributed a great deal to her racial pride of the Oneida heritage. Mrs. Russell Sage, J.P. Morgan, Charles William Eliot, former president of Harvard University and Mrs. Harry Pratt Judson, wife of the president of the University of Chicago, were listed as some of the prominent persons interested in forming a national industrial council on Indians. Kellogg argued the Oneida Boarding School should continue to provide education to Oneida children and proposed a plan to use the school and grounds as an education and industrial center. On October 11, 1913, after several weeks investigating oil leases at Pawhuska, Oklahoma, the agency of the Osage tribe, the Kelloggs were arrested on orders of a U.S. District Court in Pueblo, Colorado, on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses and impersonating federal officials. Laura Cornelius Kellogg; Metadata. Kellogg traveled back and forth from Wisconsin to Washington, D.C. to meet with Bureau of Indian Affairs Commissioner Cato Sells. Less than a week later, Kellogg sent Everett a letter endorsing his report, condemning the Indian Welfare League, and making an offer to retain his legal services for in future litigation. [51] The federal government could offer protection for the Indians' assets at the state level. During the 1920s and 1930s, Kellogg pursued her Lolomi vision by attempting to purchase the Oneida Indian Boarding School, advising Chief Redbird Smith and the Nighthawk Keetoowah, pursuing land claims on behalf of the Oneida and Six Nations and reconstituting the 18th century League of the Iroquois. In 1911, Kellogg made a tour of Indian reservations across the country to promote interest in transforming reservations into garden cities. "Indian Education" was written by Laura Cornelius Kellogg in April 1913. In Leaders.". From my infancy, she wrote, I had been taught what we Oneidas had contributed to American liberty and civilization., Coming from Haudenosaunee culture, where women hold great political and social power, Laura Cornelius Kellogg advocated publicly for womens rights. The report was promptly rejected by the legislature, and Everett stripped of his chairmanship. [13], Between 1898 and 1910 Kellogg continued her education, traveling for two years in Europe and studying at Stanford University, Barnard College, the New York School of Philanthropy, Cornell University, and the University of Wisconsin. Of Europeans, she writes kindly and with hope "Ye spring from noble warrior blood, as brave as Saxon, Roman, Greek, a race of kingly men, May your careers be as complete as the arches of your mater halls. "Minnie", as she was known to her friends, taught briefly at the Oneida Indian Boarding School, in Oneida, Wisconsin, as well as at the Sherman Institute in Riverside, California, from 1903 to 1905. [14] Kellogg never finished her education at any of the aforementioned institutions but is still considered by historians to be "among the very best educated [among] Native American women" in her time. was awful smart. The Society of American Indians was the forerunner of modern organizations such as the National Congress of American Indians. While touring Europe, Kellogg developed a particular interest in the Garden city movement of urban planning in England, Germany and France, and visioned the model adapted to reservations to generate Oneida economic self-sufficiency and tribal self-governance. Laura Minnie Cornelius Kellogg, the granddaughter of the famous Oneida leader Daniel Bread, was born in 1880 on the Oneida reservation in Wisconsin. The committee selected Laura Cornelius Kellogg, filling a conspicuous gap in the Womens Rights National Historical Park, which until the installation there was little to no mention of the Haudenosaunee influence on American womens rights, nor the fact that the museum is in traditional Haudenosaunee territory and only a few miles from the Gayogoh:no (Cayuga) Nation. A.C.C. Kellogg's outspoken criticism and activities earned her powerful adversaries. Wherever she has gone, a London paper noted, society has simply ovated her, and were she to remain in England long, she would doubtless be the leader of the circle all her own. While in Europe she became especially interested in a progressive urban planning concept called the Garden City movement, which she thought could be applied to Native American reservations. Laura Cornelius Kellogg was a founding member of the sai (serv- ing as the fi rst secretary of the executive committee), an activist, orator, linguist, performer, and reformer of Indian policy, as well as an author of fi ction, poetry, speeches, and essays. Our Democracy and the American Indian is a 1920 book in which Laura Cornelius Kellogg, a Wisconsin Oneida activist of the Six Nations Confederacy of Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), lays out her . Jack Campisi and Laurence M. 97 43 American Indian and Other Works, ed. Courtesy of Quarterly Journal of the Society of American Indians/Wikimedia Commons Laura Cornelius Kellogg stood up against U.S. colonizing practices and represents our Haudenosaunee women in the fullest sense; we are women who've always had full autonomy over our minds, bodies, children, and lands, while occupying the seat of authority in our government. Fluent in Oneida, Mohawk, and English, Kellogg became a founding member of the Society of American Indians in 1911 and taught at the Sherman Institute in Riverside, California. This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. Rematriation is reclaiming the story of Laura Cornelius Kellogg throughout Women's History Month. Warren Moorehead, (hereafter "Moorehead"), p.2. "[16] While in London, Kellogg requested in a letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior that she be presented at Court. [39] She also condemned materialism: "Where wealth is the ruling power and intellectual attainments secondary, we must watch outthat we do not act altogether upon the dictates of a people who have not given sufficient time and thought to our own peculiar problems, and we must cease to be dependent on their estimates of our position". An author, scholar, and linguist. An Oneida woman, her visionary intellect and incandescent style made her a 20th century "It Girl". The movement promoted unity among American Indians regardless of tribal affiliation. Treaties and actions by the State of New York drastically reduced the Oneida land to 32 acres (0.13km2). [43], Shortly after the April meeting, an eighteen-member Temporary Executive Committee formed, including Laura Cornelius Kellogg. Her graduation essay, "The Romans of America," compared the Iroquois Confederacy to the ancient Roman Empire. "She would come here and stay at my mother's house," said Dorothy, who was a little girl when Kellogg would show up for visits, a traveler wearing . In 1915, Chester Cornelius returned to Oklahoma to join Chief Smith and the Society. [68] In the post War War I depression of the early 1920s, many sound banks and businesses failed, and the circumstances appear to have been beyond Kellogg's diligence. In 1908 she began a two-year tour of Europe, where she made a vivid impression on European society. Rooted in a traditional understanding of ancestral lands and a thousand years of Haudenosaunee democracy and self-governance, Kellogg envisioned transforming Indian reservations into cooperative, prosperous, self-governing communities, using local resources and fostering Indigenous businesses so Native Americans worked for themselves instead of for the exploiter. She was deeply opposed to residential schools, seeing them as a means to destroy traditional language and culture, and even worse as a means to sever connections between families, clans, and generations. [57], In 1920, Kellogg published a book about titled, Our Democracy and the American Indian: A Presentation of the Indian Situation as It Is Today, where she discussed her Lolomai Plan, later spelled Lolomi, which means "perfect goodness be upon you" in the Hopi language. The Lolomi plan would create a self-governing body among the community of Indians. Pronunciation of Laura Cornelius Kellogg with 1 audio pronunciation and more for Laura Cornelius Kellogg. Kellogg, a descendant of distinguished Oneida leaders, was a founder of the Society of American Indians.Kellogg was an advocate for the renaissance and sovereignty of the Six Nations of the Iroquois, and fought for communal tribal lands, tribal autonomy . Kellogg understood the cultural importance and authority of the Oneida Clan Mothers, seeing them as protectors of the nations culture. Ultimately, however, the reporter was even more impressed by her independent thinking. Thereafter, Kellogg continued to challenge the government's right to sell the property under treaty agreements. Female leaders among the Oneida were not uncommon. Nevertheless, Kellogg's rival council attempted to operate well into the late 1930s. I am an Indigenous woman or person who identifies as female. "[22], By 1911, the national press compared Cornelius and other early leaders of the Society of American Indians to Booker T. Washington in their calls for self-help and the uplift of the "Indian race." She added that the real question was not the workings of the Everett Commission, but the legal status of the Six Nations according to Treaty of Fort Stanwix of 1784 granting the Iroquois Confederacy independence. Since land tracts were the concern of the women, it was the women's job to cultivate food and not the men,[26] The Clan Mothers' Council also reserved certain areas of land to be worked by the women of all the different clans. Soon after the loss of her clan mother, Kellogg decided to return to the traditional practices of her tribe. [34] She did not consider herself a "new Indian", but an "old Indian adjusted to new conditions". Laura Cornelius Kellogg was an eloquent and fierce voice in early twentieth century Native American affairs. A herd of Black Angus cattle was purchased from the Oneida Stock Farm in Wisconsin and driven to Oklahoma, and many people from the area around Jay, Oklahoma, moved south and settled near Gore, Oklahoma. An ardent abolitionist and activist leader, she supported Cuba's independence from Spain during the last half of the 19th century. Given the harsh treatment of centuries and the political and cultural environment in the 1920s and 1930s, this was the work of a true visionary. Laura Cornelius Kellogg ("Minnie") ("Wynnogene") (September 10, 1880 - 1947), was an Oneida leader, author, orator, activist and visionary. Laura Cornelius Kellogg, a member of the Oneida Nation, was a brilliant woman whose visionary intellect, charismatic oration, and incandescent style made her a 20th century It Girl who captivated the public on two continents. ", https://getd.libs.uga.edu/pdfs/epstein_andrew_b_201212_ma.pdf. Kellogg also wanted to forge connections and begin a movement in America to work to reorganize Indian affairs. (Pp. [45] Society colleagues were skeptical of her proposal to promote the reservation as a place of opportunity, and many wanted to abolish the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Society met at academic institutions, maintained a Washington headquarters, conducted annual conferences and published a quarterly journal of American Indian literature by American Indian authors. Kellogg's "Lolomi Plan" was a Progressive Era alternative to Bureau of Indian Affairs control emphasizing indigenous American self-sufficiency, cooperative labor and organization, and capitalization of labor. [87] During the 1920s and 1930s, every Iroquois reservation in the United States and Canada was affected by Kellogg, with many elders perceiving her as a swindler who created divisions among their people. Ye whose hearts are kind and simple, Who have faith in God and nature, Who believe that in all ages Every human heart is human, That in even savage bosoms There are longings, yearnings, strivings, For the good they comprehend not. Once again she spoke in proud terms of the Six Nations, of her plans for their economic, political and spiritual revival, of her hatred for the Bureau, whom she now accused of spreading pernicious and criminal propaganda against her and the Iroquois. [60], From 1914 to 1923, Kellogg and her older brother Chester Poe Cornelius managed a Lolomi Plan for the Keetoowah Nighthawk Society in Oklahoma. Kellogg lost a suit for control of Onondaga Nation tribal funds in 1927. Grand councils were held at Akwesasne where Ms. Cornelius Kellogg spoke with passion. [75], Kellogg traveled throughout the Six Nations to raise funds to litigate claims to Iroquois lands, and her followers became known as the "Kellogg Party" throughout the U.S. and Canada. With the Lolomi movement, of which she is the founder, she proposes to lead 300,000 Indians out of what she calls "the bondage of bureaucracy into the self-respect of complete self-government. The Society was a forum for a new generation of American Indian leaders known as Red Progressives, prominent professionals from the fields of medicine, nursing, law, government, education, anthropology and ministry, who shared the enthusiasm and faith of Progressive Era white reformers in the inevitability of progress through education and governmental action. The trail was to become Old Seymour Road and Laura was to become known as Laura Minnie Kellogg. [citation needed] She raised the shame of child labor, which robbed children of their childhood and health. "[84], Kellogg continued her fight for the renaissance and sovereignty of the Six Nations of the Iroquois the rest of her life. A quote from Kellogg on the base of her sculpture-along with a Gayogohn land acknowledgement-reads, "And it is a cause of astonishment to us that you white women are only now, in this. In contrast to his wifes high national and international profile, Orrin Kellogg shunned the spotlight, but he worked as a lawyer and advisor for many of the same Native American nations as his wife and the couples visions aligned. [ { "@id": "_:b53iddOtlocdOtgovauthoritiesnamesn2015008497", "@type": [ "http://www.loc.gov/mads/rdf/v1#Source" ], "http://www.loc.gov/mads/rdf/v1#citationSource . [31] The charges against Laura Cornelius Kellogg and her husband were eventually dropped; however, because of her actions, Kellogg was removed from the Society of American Indians (SAI). And in your midst a people have cried in vain. Garden cities were intended to be planned, self-contained communities surrounded by "greenbelts", containing proportionate areas of residences, industry and agriculture. [8] Her pride in her Iroquois roots provided her with a strong measure of self-confidence. strong resistance from local, state and federal government, and pressure on Six Nations leadership to halt Kellogg's initiative. This organization was formed by men and women from the middle class. [5] Her paternal grandfather was John Cornelius, Oneida chief and brother of Jacob Cornelius, chief of the Orchard faction of Oneidas. Laura Cornelius continued her studies at Stanford University, Barnard College, and the University of Wisconsin. An orator, organizer, and an activist for Native American rights, Kellogg was also a short story writer, playwright, poet, and political essayist, though most of her books and pamphlets have not survived. Kellogg also came from a long line of strong Haudenosaunee women, although the missing record of her grandmothers names is testament to male colonial bias in historical documentation. [89] While Kellogg never fulfilled the expectations of her followers, her Lolomi Plan was a Progressive Era alternative to Bureau of Indian Affairs control, and presaged subsequent 20th-century movements to reclaim communal lands, institute tribal self-government and promote economic development. Lolomi villages would be outside the Bureau's control, managed as private foundation, maintaining lifestyles agreeable to the American Indian through their concentration on outdoor pursuits. [55], Later in October 1911, Kellogg presented a formal paper entitled "Industrial Organization for the Indian" at the Inaugural Conference of the Society of American Indians in Columbus, Ohio. 1922 was a benchmark year for Kellogg.This was the year that her clan mother had died. January 31, 1921, ONDLM. There was also a succession of set-backs and defeats in the courts. After writing Our Democracy and the American Indian, Kellogg was once again recognized as a "leading crusader for Indian rights". [37] She pointed to tenement life in cities where "hollow-chested" men were forced to toil in shops closed to the wind and the sun. In 1892, the Oneida Indian Boarding School was built on 80 acres in Oneida, Wisconsin, with federal funds. After writing that he could hardly keep up with the flood of her eloquence, he quotes her as saying: I would not be anything but an Indian, she declares proudly. Kellogg's plan also included some societal needs such as health care and recreation centers. In 1903, Kellogg said, "Perhaps it seems strange to an outsider, for I know the ideas that prevail in regards to Indian life, but to do something great when I grew up was impressed upon me from my cradle from my parents, and I've no other ambition and I have known no other ambition." Lawyer Marie Bottineau Baldwin (Ojibwe/Chippewa), musician and writer Gertrude Bonnin (Yankton Dakota), also known as Zitkla-, and speaker and author Laura Cornelius Kellogg (Wisconsin Oneida) all began their activism by fighting federal policy that held Indigenous Americans as wards of the state, denying them basic civil rights unless . "Six Nations Fight Decided in U.S. Court". Kellogg was an advocate for the renaissance and sovereignty of the Six Nations of the Iroquois, and fought for communal tribal lands, tribal autonomy and self-government. Diane Schenandoah, an Oneida sculptor, acted as consulting artist. In March 1922, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the Boylan case, thereby upholding the federal appeals court ruling. [63] Cornelius, known as "C.P. Kellogg's reputation was not completely ruined. In The Oneida Indian Experience: Two 96 42 Laura Cornelius Kellogg: Our Democracy and the Perspectives, ed. "Indian Princess Outlines a Plan to Aid Her Race". Laura Cornelius Kellogg, Lolomi, and Modern Oneida Placemaking Ackley, Kristina. An organizer, author, playwright, performer, and linguist, Kellogg worked. Laura Cornelius Kellogg was a founding member of the Society of American Indians and a member of the first Executive Committee. She also understood traditional values as a means to support and honor Haudenosaunee women. Joined Jan 21, 2021 Messages 132,790 Reaction score 11,539 Points 113 Age 37 Location OneDDL grants 152,099 She was a descendant of . Laura "Minnie" Cornelius Kellogg was an eloquent and fierce voice in early twentieth-century Native affairs. The white people was scared of him all the time, watching what he was doing with the Keetoowahs. It was established to deal with problems like, health, education . Later press articles billed Kellogg "Indian Princess Wynnogene." See Andrew Bard Epstein, "Unsettled New York: Land, Law and Haudenosaunee Nationalism in the Twentieth Century, University of Georgia, (2012)]. She was a global Indigenous activist. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University 98 44 and Cristina Stanciu, 202-48. From the door of Dorothy Webster's small home on the Onondaga Nation, she can see the place where she first met Laura Cornelius Kellogg. For example, this direct quote spanning several sentences from Hauptman (2008) was included as-is: She attended Barnard for no more than a year and a half but made a distinct mark on her colleagues. COPYRIGHT 2013 University of Nebraska Press No portion of this article can be . In 1919 Laura Cornelius Kellogg traveled to Switzerland using a Haudenosaunee passport, where she demanded justice for American Indians at the League of Nations. The Society pioneered twentieth century Pan-Indianism, the movement promoting unity among American Indians regardless of tribal affiliation. The Oneidas, under pressure from state and federal governments, were uprooted from New York in the 1820s and 1830s. I believe where white communities have co-operative organizations that have failed, the fact that they were composed of all kinds of race elements has counted largely". Laura Cornelius Kellogg ("Minnie") ("Wynnogene") (September 10, 1880 1947), was an Oneida leader, author, orator, activist and visionary. "Wherever she has gone, society has simply 'ovated' her, and were she to remain in England long, she would doubtless be the leader of the circle all her own. She is a social historian who explores the everyday experiences of ordinary people, primarily women. [44], On October 12, 1911, at the inaugural meeting of the Society on the campus of the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, Kellogg proclaimed, "I am not the new Indian; I am the old Indian adjusted to new conditions." [82] By this time, subsequent court appeals were unsuccessful and many Iroquois supporters were angry that their financial support did not bring any results, and Kellogg's long campaign lost momentum. By the 1940s, Kellogg was, according to historian Lawrence Hauptman, "a broken woman, who had outlived her time in history and dissipated both her fame and the money that had come with it." "Not a Song of Golden Greek: Laura Cornelius Kellogg and Native North American Writing on Greco-Roman Antiquity," Craig Williams, Classics Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Abstract: In a little known history, generations of Indigenous writers of North America have made a range of uses of that antiquity which was brought across the Atlantic by settler-colonists, not . [29] This accusation came from the fact that Mrs. Kellogg had a history of using other people's money to fund her projects. She was also employed for a time in the Indian Service and similarly served on the Executive Board of the Society of American Indians. [37] Charles E. Dagenett had the chair, with Emma Johnson, Rosa LaFlesche and Fayette Avery McKenzie in attendance. You couldn't get ahead of him. In contrast to many of her contemporaries, Kellogg focused on restoring traditional governance and lands for the Haudenosaunee at a time when assimilation and the breakup of reservations were generally seen as the best path for advancing Native American interests. The plaque contains a land acknowledgment in Gayogoh:no and the sculpture itself is set apart from the sculptures of Harriet Tubman, Martha Coffin Wright, and Sojourner Truth, representing the cultural independence and political sovereignty of the Haudenosaunee. Kellogg and her husband set up a headquarters at Onondaga, New York, the traditional capital of the Six Nations, and spoke at public forums in Haudenosaunee communities in New York, Quebec, Ontario, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma to gather support and funds. However, shortly thereafter, the bank at Gore failed. Her refusal to give in to contemporary ideas about colonial assimilation cost her dearly, as did the intensity of her rhetoric. [18] The Des Moines Daily News reported that Kellogg was in London "attempting to set on foot a movement for the improvement her tribe, the Iroquois."[19]. A Tribute to the Future of My Race is her only known surviving poem. Fortunately for us and our readers, Brigit has penned a brief introduction to the work of Laura Cornelius Kellogg. Kellogg proposed "Cherry Garden City" for the Oneida using the lands of the Oneida Boarding School. '[9], Kellogg protested that education of Indians needed to involve Native Indian traditional practices and ideologies, describing "noble qualities and traits and a set of literary traditions" that Indians should preserve. Laura Cornelius Kellogg : Our democracy and the American Indian and other works / Show all versions (2) Bibliographic Details; Main Authors: Kellogg, Laura Cornelius, 1880-1947, Stanciu, Cristina Margareta (Editor), Ackley, Kristina (Editor) Format: Online Book: Language: English: Published: The type of industry would be geared to local needs, skills, and the stage of development of the particular community. The Keetoowah Nighthawk Society secretly practiced the traditional ceremonies and gatherings of the pre-removal Cherokee culture, and resisted assimilation, allotment and dissolution of tribal government. Forbes, "California Missions and Landmarks: El Camino Real, (1915), p.68. At a national meeting in 1911, before this group of renowned Indigenous intellectuals and activists, she presented her vision of transforming reservations into self-governing market cities surrounded by green belts. [64] The Keetoowah Nighthawk Society placed great trust in Cornelius in matters of ritual and religion. Her surviving siblings were Chester Poe Cornelius, Alice Cornelius, and Frank Ford Cornelius. [20] Kellogg would pursue these goals the rest of her life. Kellogg, a descendent of distinguished Oneida leaders, was a founder of the Society of American Indians. ", became the spokesman for the Society, managed the Lolomi plan for Redbird Smith and worked to get the Ketoowah Society a reservation. [76] They collected money from Iroquois in New York, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Ontario and Quebec, stating it would be used to claim up to eighteen million acres of land in New York and Pennsylvania. While her message did not prove to be overwhelmingly popular, Kellogg did find a constituency among the Iroquois people. "[24], The Washington Herald published an interview with Kellogg[25] where she supported women's suffrage, emphasizing Iroquois women's equality of civic powers with the men. In 1903, when Kellogg was 23 and already a media star, she said in an interview for The New York Tribune, Perhaps it seems strange to an outsider, for I know the ideas that prevail in regards to Indian life, but to do something great when I grew up was impressed upon me from my cradle by my parents, and I have known no other ambition., Laura Cornelius Kelloggs upbringing was rich in traditional Oneida values, history, and beliefs. 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