The White Wampum
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Title
The White Wampum
Description
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 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.
Creator
Johnson, E. Pauline, 1861–1913
Source
Canadiana
Publisher
Copp, Clark Company
Date
1893
Rights
Public domain
Identifier
PR9199.3 .J6 W44
Collection
Citation
Johnson, E. Pauline, 1861–1913, “The White Wampum,” Dominion of the North: Literary & Print Culture in Canada, accessed May 14, 2024, https://omeka.vicu.utoronto.ca/dominion/document/PR9199.3%20.J6%20W44.