Cornplanter - Legacy

Legacy

• The relocation of Cornplanter's remains and gravesite figure in the song, "As Long As The Grass Shall Grow" that Johnny Cash recorded in 1964; it was originally written by Peter LaFarge.
• The Chief Cornplanter Boy Scout Council, headquartered in Warren, as well as their Order of the Arrow lodge, Gyantwachia Lodge #255 are named in his honor.
• Cornplanter State Forest in Forest County, Pennsylvania is also named for him and comprises 1,585 acres (6.41 km2) of land.
• "The Cornplanter Medal was introduced in 1901 by Frederick Starr ... who had conducted research on the Iroquois Indians and wanted to give public acknowledgement to others who had contributed to the knowledge of the tribes. In order to help establish the medal, Starr and his colleagues raised money by selling a series of drawings of Indian life ... Jesse Cornplanter."
• In 2008, The Kane Republican ran a Thanksgiving editorial titled "Giving Thanks for Cornplanter's Legacy".
• A 2009 newspaper column titled, "Cornplanter, can you swim?" proposed renaming Allegheny Reservoir to Cornplanter Lake.
• In 2011, the Center Street Bridge in Salamanca, NY was renamed the Chief Cornplanter (Gayetwage) Memorial Bridge.
• Cornplanter's portrait is held in the collection of the New-York Historical Society in New York City.