And also General Parker's grandnephew, Arthur C. Parker (1881-1955), a noted anthropologist and museum administrator. >>> NWDB 2000 <[log in to unmask]> 12/10/02 05:18PM >>> How about General Ely S. Parker? He certainly qualifies as a "native" New Yorker. Parker was a Seneca Indian who was Gen'l Grants Aide de Camp and also his first Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Parker was also a graduate of RPI. R. Miner