In the late eighteenth century and throughout the nineteenth
century, an unprecedented number of Indigenous people - especially
Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabeg, and Cree - travelled to Britain and
other parts of the world. Who were these transatlantic travellers,
where were they going, and what were they hoping to find?
Travellers through Empire unearths the stories of Indigenous
peoples including Mississauga Methodist missionary and Ojibwa chief
Reverend Peter Jones, the Scots-Cherokee officer and interpreter
John Norton, Catherine Sutton, a Mississauga woman who advocated
for her people with Queen Victoria, E. Pauline Johnson, the Mohawk
poet and performer, and many others. Cecilia Morgan retraces their
voyages from Ontario and the northwest fur trade and details their
efforts overseas, which included political negotiations with the
Crown, raising funds for missionary work, receiving an education,
giving readings and performances, and teaching international
audiences about Indigenous cultures. As they travelled, these
remarkable individuals forged new families and friendships and left
behind newspaper interviews, travelogues, letters, and diaries that
provide insights into their cross-cultural encounters. Chronicling
the emotional ties, contexts, and desires for agency, resistance,
and negotiation that determined their diverse experiences,
Travellers through Empire provides surprising vantage points on
First Nations travels and representations in the heart of the
British Empire.
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