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Stand Watie

2nd principal chief of the Cherokee Nation
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Stand Watie
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Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
December 12, 1806
Date of death
September 9, 1871
Place of birth
Cherokee Nation
Place of death
Cherokee Nation
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Ethnic group
Cherokee[11]
Occupation
army officer, traditional leader or chief, politician
Position held
Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation[12]
Sibling
Elias Boudinot
Languages spoken, written or signed
Cherokee, English
Allegiance
Confederate States of America[21]
Birth name
Degadoga
Described by source
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
Military branch
Provisional Army of the Confederate States[14]
Military unit
1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles, 1st Indian Brigade
Military, police or special rank
colonel, brigadier general, general[15][16][17]
Name in native language
Stand Watie, ᏕᎦᏔᎦ, ᏕᎦᏙᎦ ᏩᏗ
Native language
Cherokee[10]
Participated in conflict
Battle of Pea Ridge, Battle of Wilson's Creek, Second Battle of Cabin Creek[18][19][20]
Place of burial
Polson Cemetery[8]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 22
ISNI
0000000024324625
VIAF cluster ID
18019883
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n85103952
GND ID
118865447
American Battlefield Trust ID (person)
stand-watie
American National Biography ID
2001092
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/86741
CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas ID
stand-watie-14563
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00540698
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Stand-Watie
FAST ID
176034
Find a Grave memorial ID
4506
Show all 22 identifiers +10
Freebase ID
/m/02n_3h
Geni profile ID
6000000011822863212
J9U entity ID
987007421567005171
Our Campaigns candidate ID
596481
Prabook ID
960039
SNAC ARK ID
w6gq7k20
Topic's main category
Category:Stand Watie
WikiTree person ID
Watie-1
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJqVQFwHbb9GW7W3B3frMP
Yale LUX ID
person/4d0b9776-7f27-4d87-979e-43bc8d0de4ef

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🔗 Connections
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, Cherokee
Military, police or special rank 2
colonel, brigadier general
Participated in conflict 2
Battle of Wilson's Creek, Battle of Pea Ridge
Allegiance 1
Confederate States of America
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Described by source 1
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
Ethnic group 1
Cherokee
Instance of 1
human
Native language 1
Cherokee
Occupation 1
traditional leader or chief
Sex or gender 1
male
Sibling 1
Elias Boudinot
Siblings 1
Elias Boudinot
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Stand Watie was born in the Cherokee Nation on December 12, 1806 [1][2][3]. He served as both an army officer and a traditional leader or chief . During the American Civil War era, he held the position of Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1862 to 1866 . Watie died in the Cherokee Nation on September 9, 1871 [1][2][3] and was buried at Polson Cemetery .

FAQs

Where was Stand Watie born?

Stand Watie's place of birth was Cherokee Nation[1].

Where did Stand Watie die?

Stand Watie passed away in Cherokee Nation[3].

What did Stand Watie do for work?

Stand Watie worked as army officer[5], traditional leader or chief[6], and politician[7].

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  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . muster roll. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . general order. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [2] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [4] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Arkansas. wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Arkansas. wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [de] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57984: Import missing aliases from dewiki 1/3"
  2. 9w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → army officer, traditional leader or chief, politician
    Military, police or special rank → colonel, brigadier general, general
    "Created claim: Military, police or special rank: general"
  3. 9w ago · Wiki6518 · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → army officer, traditional leader or chief, politician
    "Created claim: Occupation: politician, Added from LC Name Authority File n85103952"
  4. 17w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    American Battlefield Trust ID (person) → stand-watie
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #41373"
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