passed the Immigration Law of 1924, which denied entry to anyone who did not speak English." On his deathbed, "Deskaheh told Rickard to 'Fight for the line.'" Chief Rickard went on to found the Indian Defense League in 1925, to defend "the right of free passage for Aboriginal people". Deskaheh was buried on June 30 on the Six Nations Reserve, with two thousand mourners accompanying his casket to the cemetery after a ceremony at Sour Spring Longhouse. Modern Iroquois consider Deskaheh a great patriot, but some also hold him responsible for the later retaliation of the Canadian government against the tribe. Notes References Doctoral Dissertation, UMI Number 3337613. . Further reading External links Deskaheh, Levi General - Iroquois Patriot's Fight for International Recognition Photograph of Deskaheh and attorney George P. Decker Photograph of Deskaheh in tribal attire Native American activists Native American leaders Indigenous leaders in Ontario Cayuga people 1873 births 1925 deaths