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Musical setting of poem by Jane Johnston Schoolcraft. University of Michigan. Archived 2021-04-24 at the Wayback Machine; Dave Stanaway and Susan Askwith. CD: John Johnston: His Life and Times in the Fur Trade Era. Borderland Records. Included is the song "Sweet Willy, My Boy", with lyrics taken from a poem written by Jane Johnston Schoolcraft.
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 ...
Ojibwe who subsequently moved to the prairie provinces of Canada have retained the name Saulteaux. This is disputed since some scholars believe that only the name migrated west. [14] [page needed] Ojibwe who were originally located along the Mississagi River and made their way to southern Ontario are known as the Mississaugas. [15]
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.
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 Johnson (born 1960) is an English writer of books for adults and children and fiction book editor. As a writer she has used the pseudonyms Gabriel King , jointly with M. John Harrison , and Jude Fisher , as well as her real name.
Ojibwe, Cree The Anisininew [ 1 ] or Oji-Cree are a First Nation in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba , residing in a band extending from the Missinaibi River region in Northeastern Ontario at the east to Lake Winnipeg at the west.