Mississauga portraits : Ojibwe voices from nineteenth-century Canada / Donald B. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Donald B., 1946 May-, author.

Contributor:

Smith, Donald B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missisauga Indians--Biography.

Missisauga Indians.

Missisauga Indians--History--19th century.

Methodists--Ontario--Biography.

Methodists.

Methodists--Ontario--History--19th century.

Ontario.

Local Subjects:

Methodists--Ontario--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 457 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2013]

Summary:

The word "Mississauga" is the name British Canadian settlers used for the Ojibwe on the north of Lake Ontario, now the most urbanized region in what is now Canada. The Ojibwe of this area in the early and mid-nineteenth century lived through a time of considerable threat to the survival of the First Nations, as they lost much of their autonomy, and almost all of their traditional territory. Donald B. Smith's Mississauga Portraits recreates the lives of eight Ojibwe who lived during this period, all of whom are historically important and interesting figures, and seven of whom have never before received full biographical treatment. Each portrait is based on research drawn from an extensive collection of writings and recorded speeches by southern Ontario Ojibwe themselves, along with secondary sources. These documents, uncovered over the 40 years that Smith has spent researching and writing about the Ojibwe, represent the richest source of personal First Nations writing in Canada from the mid-nineteenth century.

Contents:

Peter Jones, or Kahkewaquonaby (1802-1856), and Canada West, spring 1856

Credit head chief : Joseph Sawyer, or Nawahjegezhegwabe (The Sloping Sky) (ca. 1784-1863)

Upright Woman : Catharine Sutton, or Nahnebahnwequay, "Nahnee" (1824-1865)

The outsider : Peter Jacobs, or Pahtahsega (ca. 1810-1890)

International entrepreneur : Maungwudaus, or George Henry (ca. 1805-after 1877)

Literary celebrity : George Copway, or Kahgegagahbowh (1818-1869)

Warrior preacher : John Sunday, or Shawundais (ca. 1795-1875)

A missionary family : Henry Steinhauer, or Shahwahnegezhik (ca. 1817-1884), and sons, Egerton Ryerson Steinhauer (1858-1932) and Robert Steinhauer (1861-1941)

Conclusion

Epilogue.

Notes:

Sequel to: Sacred feathers. (Page preceding title page).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-443) and index.

Related Work:

Smith, Donald B. Sacred feathers.

ISBN:

9780802091628

0802091628

9780802094278

0802094279

OCLC:

824488944