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==Legacy== *The relocation of Cornplanter's remains and gravesite figure in the song "[[Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian|As Long As The Grass Shall Grow]]", which [[Johnny Cash]] recorded in 1964; it was originally written by [[Peter LaFarge]]. *The [[Chief Cornplanter Council|Chief Cornplanter]] [[Boy Scouts of America|Boy Scout]] Council, headquartered in Warren, as well as their [[Order of the Arrow]] lodge, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080723203857/http://webpages.atlanticbb.net/~wilsric/lodge255 Gyantwachia Lodge #255] are named in his honor. *[[Cornplanter State Forest]] in [[Forest County, Pennsylvania|Forest County]], Pennsylvania is named for him and comprises {{convert|1585|acre|km2}} of land.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Cornplanter State Forest | publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |url=https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateForests/FindAForest/Cornplanter/Pages/default.aspx | access-date = 2023-03-26 }}</ref> *"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 by [[Jesse Cornplanter]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Fenton |first=William N. |date=1980 |title=Frederick Starr, Jesse Cornplanter and the Cornplanter Medal for Iroquois Research |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23169465 |url-access=registration |journal=New York History |publisher=New York State Historical Association |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages= 186–199|jstor=23169465 }}</ref> * In 2003, the Warren, Pennsylvania-based non-profit organization Friends of Allegheny Wilderness proposed that a 3,022-acre [[inventoried roadless area]], directly adjacent to the Cornplanter land grant within [[Allegheny National Forest]] lands, be designated as a wilderness area under the [[Wilderness Act of 1964]], and that this wilderness area should be called the Cornplanter Wilderness in honor of Chief Cornplanter.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Citizens' Wilderness Proposal for Pennsylvania's Allegheny National Forest September, 2003 |url=http://www.pawild.org/exec_summary.html |publisher=Friends of Allegheny Wilderness |access-date=2023-03-26}}</ref> * The Cornplanter Stage inside the Key Bank Pavilion on the Warren County Fairgrounds in [[Pittsfield Township, Pennsylvania|Pittsfield, Pennsylvania]], is named after him. * 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?" (quoting the song) proposed renaming [[Allegheny Reservoir]] as Cornplanter Lake.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chris Lareau |title=Cornplanter, can you swim? |work=Allegheny Almanac |access-date=2012-09-23 |date=2009-12-17 |url=http://www.alleghenyalmanac.com/2009/12/cornplanter-can-you-swim.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116072548/http://www.alleghenyalmanac.com/2009/12/cornplanter-can-you-swim.html |archive-date=2010-01-16 }}</ref> *In 2011, the Center Street Bridge carrying [[New York State Route 353]] over the Allegheny River in [[Salamanca, NY]] was renamed the Chief Cornplanter (Gayetwage) Memorial Bridge.<ref>{{Cite news | title = Center Street Bridge Dedicated as 'Chief Cornplanter Bridge' | work = The Salamanca Press | access-date = 2012-09-23 | date = 2011-11-10 | url = http://www.salamancapress.com/news/article_cbcf486e-0bd3-11e1-8c9c-001cc4c002e0.html?photo=1 |url-access=registration }}</ref> * Cornplanter's portrait is held in the collection of the [[New-York Historical Society]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gayë́twahgeh (also known as Cornplanter, 1732/40–1846) |url=https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/40589/gayetwahgeh-also-known-as-cornplanter-1732401846 |website=New-York Historical Museum & Library |access-date=2023-03-26}}</ref> * A [[pipe tomahawk]] given to Cornplanter by [[George Washington]] in 1792 disappeared from the [[New York State Museum]] in the late 1940s, but was eventually returned and put back on display in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cornplanter's Pipe Tomahawk |url=https://www.pbs.org/video/cornplanters-pipe-tomahawk-cdwh5f/ |website=WMHT Specials |publisher=PBS |date=2018-03-18 |access-date=2023-03-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/exhibitions/cornplanters-pipe-tomahawk |title=Cornplanter's Pipe Tomahawk |publisher=New York State Museum |access-date=2023-03-26}}</ref> * Cornplanter is featured in a panel chronicling his support of the British during the American Revolution at the [[Museum of the American Revolution]], as well as at the American Revolution Museum in Yorktown. * Cornplanter College is the name selected for a proposed "alternative education" college in the city of [[Salamanca, NY]], which the city rents the property for from the [[Seneca Nation of Indians]]. Plans for the college, however, have stalled since the announcement in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.salamancapress.com/news/much-expected-at-new-startup-college-in-city/article_60521d28-7dff-11e3-8046-0019bb2963f4.html|url-access=registration |title=Much expected at new startup college in city|last=Nianiatus|first=Christa |newspaper=[[Salamanca Press]]|date=2014-01-16|access-date=2022-03-03}}</ref>
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