Popular Culture
- In 1940, plans for a film about the historical Hiawatha by Monogram Pictures were scrapped. The reason given was that Hiawatha's peacemaker role could be seen as "Communist propaganda."
- Hiawatha is the leader of the Iroquois in Age of Empires III, Civilization III, and Civilization V.
- British band Everything Everything released the song Hiawatha Doomed as an iTunes bonus track for their album Man Alive. Hiawatha is one of the lead tribes in Mississauga.
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