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Dead Link[edit]

The link "www.readbookonline.net" seems to be dead. Martinvie (talk) 06:56, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not white vs. not a citizen[edit]

The sentence He was not permitted to take the examination because he was not a white man,[1] though other sources say it was because he was not a U.S. citizen (American Indians did not receive citizenship until 1924)[citation needed]. is clumsy, it would would be helpful to have some documentation of the claim that citizenship, rather than racism, was the issue. In current and in early American practice, citizenship is not necessarily a requirement for taking the bar; e.g. William Sampson (attorney). It seems likely that at most any citizenship issue merely gave a legal gloss to preventing an Indian from practicing law. rewinn 04:04, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Brigadier General during the "Civil War"[edit]

According to the article Ely S. Parker rose to the rank of Brigadier General during the War. However, I went looking and found this Native American site which states: "He served with Grant from Chattanooga to Appomattox, where he wrote in duplicate the terms of Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender. He later received a promotion to brigadier general that was backdated to the surrender date." Needs to be clarified in the article. Reb 15:46, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Birth year & place[edit]

The source cited for birth place and year says: Ely Samuel Parker was born in 1825 in Genesee County, New York and was named Ha-sa-no-an-da. I expect that this is a typo in the birth year in the source. Since elsewhere in the archive documentation above the bio is lists 1828. The text says he was born in Indian Falls, but again that doesn't comport with the cited source. Can someone provide a more authoritative source for birth year and place? --Bejnar (talk) 12:35, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Commissioner of Indian Affairs[edit]

He resigned in 1871. This article doesn't even mention this, let alone explain why. 63.155.58.189 (talk) 00:04, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]