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E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake)
Chiefswood (Six Nations Reserve, Ontario), Canada
Archival Overview
Celebrated Mohawk poet and dramatic performer who toured the world in dual Indigenous and Victorian costume, reciting verses such as The Song My Paddle Sings and preserving coastal Salish legends in Vancouver.
Biographical Record
Daughter of Mohawk hereditary chief George Henry Martin Johnson and an English mother, Johnson grew up at Chiefswood on the Grand River. In 1892, her electrifying recital of 'A Cry from an Indian Wife' launched a phenomenal international stage career.
For two decades, Johnson toured across Canada, the US, and Britain, reciting dramatic poems celebrating Indigenous dignity and Canadian nature. Settling in Vancouver, she befriended Chief Joe Capilano, recording ancestral oral traditions in her classic 1911 collection, Legends of Vancouver.
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Perpetual MemorialVancouver, Canada