First Nations: Writers, Poets & Missionaries

A Collection of Chippeway and English Hymns: For the Use of the Native Indians… / Ojebway Nuhguhmonun: Kanuhnuhguhmowahjin Egewh Uhneshenahbaig...

Peter Jones (1802–1856) known in Ojibwa as Kahkewaquonaby (meaning “sacred feathers” or “sacred waving feathers”) was a Mississauga Ojibwa chief, a member of the eagle totem, a Methodist minister, an author, and a translator. Published in the second edition in 1847, the book is a gathering of hymns of the Methodist Episcopal Church in both English and Ojibway.

Jones, Peter, 1802–1856

Canadiana

Eaton & Mains

1847

Hymns, English—Translations into Ojibwa
Hymns, Ojibwa—Translations from English
Methodist Church—Hymns
Ojibwa language—Texts

Evans, James, 1801–1846
Henry, George, approximately 1807–approximately 1851

Public domain

BV510. O34 1847

Life and Journals of Kah-Ke-Wa-Quo-Nā-by (Rev. Peter Jones) Wesleyan Missionary

Peter Jones (1802–1856) known in Ojibwa as Kahkewaquonaby (meaning “sacred feathers” or “sacred waving feathers”) was a Mississauga Ojibwa chief, a member of the eagle totem, a Methodist minister, an author, and a translator.

The monograph is dated dated 1885 and it is from the library of John Maclean (1851–1928), Methodist minister and missionary. During the years 1880 to 1889, Maclean and his wife engaged in missionary activities among the Kainai Nation at the Ryersonia Mission, Fort Macleod, near the Rocky Mountains (presently located in the province of Alberta).

It is bound in drab purple pebbled-cloth boards with embossed decorations and was published under the direction of the Missionary Committee, Canada Conference of the Methodist Church.

Jones, Peter, 1802–1856

Canadiana

Anson Green

1860

Jones, Peter, 1802–1856
Native peoples—Canada—History

Maclean, John, 1851–1928

Public domain

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History of the Ojebway Indians: With Especial Reference to Their Conversion to Christianity

Peter Jones (1802–1856) known in Ojibwa as Kahkewaquonaby (meaning “sacred feathers” or “sacred waving feathers”) was a Mississauga Ojibwa chief, a member of the eagle totem, a Methodist minister, an author, and a translator.

Frontispiece engraved by John Cochrane, based on a painting by William Crabb (1811–1876).

Engraved plates are unsigned.

Jones, Peter, 1802–1856

Canadiana

A. W. Bennett

1861

Native peoples—Canada—History

Cochran, John, active 1821–1865 engraver
Crabb, William, 1811–1876, artist
Osborn, G. (George), 1808–1891

Public domain

E99 .C8 J7 1861

The White Wampum

Emily Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) also known as Tekahionwake, “double wampum”), was a poet, writer, artist and oratory performer, born on the Six Nations Reserve in Canada West. Her father, George H.M. Johnson, was of British and Mohawk ancestry, and worked as a cultural interpreter and negotiator.

Johnson was an accomplished performance artist, and travelled extensively throughout Canada and the United States on tours. Johnson incorporated traditional Mohawk cultural artifacts in her acts, which she inherited following the death of her father in 1884, such as wampum belts and masks.

The same year, Johnson’s poetic debut appeared in Gems of Poetry, a literary magazine published in New York. Johnson’s major works of poetry include Canadian Born (George N. Morang and Company, 1903) and Flint and Feather (Musson Book Company Limited, 1912).

Her most important short story collections are Legends of Vancouver (privately printed by Saturday Sunset Presses, 1911), The Shagganappi (Ryerson Press, 1913) and The Moccasin Maker (Ryerson Press, 1913).

The White Wampum was published at the peak of Johnson’s career as a performer.

Johnson, E. Pauline, 1861–1913

Canadiana

Copp, Clark Company

1893

Public domain

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