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The Johnstons are famous historically in the Sault Ste. Marie area, where the couple were prominent leaders in both the Euro-American and the Ojibwe communities. The young Jane learned the Ojibwe language and culture from her mother and her family, and she learned about written literature from her father and his large library. [1]
Ozhaguscodaywayquay (Ozhaawashkodewekwe: Woman of the Green Glade), also called Susan Johnston (c. 1775 – c. 1840), was an Ojibwe (also known as Ojibwa) woman and was an important figure in the Great Lakes fur trade before the War of 1812, as well as a political figure in Northern Michigan after the war.
Johnston went to Sault Ste. Marie, a journey which then took several weeks, where he settled on the south side of the river. There Johnston met Ozhaguscodaywayquay (Woman of the Green Glade), daughter of Waubojeeg (White Fisher), a prominent Ojibwe war chief and civil leader from what is now northern Wisconsin. Johnston fell in love with Chief ...
Pages in category "Ojibwe poets" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... Jane Johnston Schoolcraft ... Wikipedia® is a registered trademark ...
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, Sault Ste. Marie Ojibwe, 1800–1841, first Native woman to publish [147] Bev Sellars , Xat'sull , Canada James Sewid , Kwakwaka'wakw , Canada, 1913–1988
Jane was the eldest daughter of John Johnston, a prominent Scots-Irish fur trader, and his wife Ozhaguscodaywayquay (Susan Johnston), daughter of a leading Ojibwe chief, Waubojeeg, and his wife. Both of the Johnstons were of high status; they had eight children together, and their cultured, wealthy family was well known in the area.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Ojibwe writers. It includes Ojibwe writers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Ojibwe women writers"
Scholars have established that "Leelinau" was first one of the pen names used by his wife Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, in writings for the Literary Voyager, a family magazine which she and her husband wrote together and circulated among friends in the 1820s. [5] Jane Johnston was of Ojibwa and Scots-Irish descent, and wrote in Ojibwe and English ...