Pauline Johnson - Oshweken, ON
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N 43° 05.972 W 080° 05.709
17T E 573634 N 4772265
Plaque dedicated to a local poet and writer
Waymark Code: WMYX3F
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 08/04/2018
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This plaque is located at the Chiefswood Museum in Six Nation's Oshweken, Ontario. The plaque is dedicated to native writer and poet Pauline Johnson and is in English, French and Mohawk.
Known works include The Song My Paddle Sings, My Little Jean, A Cry from an Indian Wife, Ode to Brant, and wrote compilations such as The White Wampum, Canadian Born, Flint and Feather and in 2002 had all her poems collected in a publishing called Tekahionwake: Collected Poems and Selected Prose.
TEXT:
"E. Pauline Johnson Tekahionwakeh
1861-1913
Born here at Chiefswood, the daughter of a Mohawk chief, E. Pauline Johnson gained international fame for her romantic writings on Indian themes, but she also wrote about nature, religion and Canadian nationalism. Beginning in the 1890s, she published numerous poems, essays and short stories and recited them in theatrical fashion on public stages throughout Canada and abroad. Reaching a wide audience, she succeeded in making the public more aware of the colourful history and cultural diversity of Canadian Indians. Her ashes were buried in Stanley Park, Vancouver."
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