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Winner of the 1995 Ontario Historical Society Joseph Brant
Award for the best book on native studies Aboriginal Ontario:
Historical Perspectives on the First Nations contains seventeen
essays on aspects of the history of the First Nations living within
the present-day boundaries of Ontario. This volume reviews the
experience of both the Algonquian and Iroquoian peoples in Southern
Ontario, as well as the Algonquians in Northern Ontario. The first
section describes the climate and landforms of Ontario thousands of
years ago. It includes a comprehensive account of the
archaeologists' contributions to our knowledge of the material
culture of the First Nations before the arrival of the Europeans.
The essays in the second and third sections look respectively at
the Native peoples of Southern Ontario and Northern Ontario, from
1550 to 1945. The final section looks at more recent developments.
The volume includes numerous illustrations and maps, as well as an
extensive bibliography.
Throughout the nineteenth and most of the twentieth century, the
majority of Canadians argued that European "civilization" must
replace Indigenous culture. The ultimate objective was assimilation
into the dominant society. Seen but Not Seen explores the history
of Indigenous marginalization and why non-Indigenous Canadians
failed to recognize Indigenous societies and cultures as worthy of
respect. Approaching the issue biographically, Donald B. Smith
presents the commentaries of sixteen influential Canadians -
including John A. Macdonald, George Grant, and Emily Carr - who
spoke extensively on Indigenous subjects. Supported by documentary
records spanning over nearly two centuries, Seen but Not Seen
covers fresh ground in the history of settler-Indigenous relations.
George Copway (Kahgegagahbowh, 1818-69), an Ojibwe writer and
lecturer, rose to prominence in American literary, political, and
social circles during the mid-nineteenth century. His colorful,
kaleidoscopic life took him from the tiny Ojibwe village of his
youth to the halls of state legislatures throughout the eastern
United States and eventually overseas. Copway converted to
Methodism as a teenager and traveled throughout the Midwest as a
missionary, becoming a forceful and energetic spokesperson for
temperance and the rights and sovereignty of Indians, lecturing to
large crowds in the United States and Europe, and founding a
newspaper devoted to Native issues.
One of the first Native American autobiographies, "Life, Letters
and Speeches" chronicles Copway's unique and often difficult
cultural journey, vividly portraying the freedom of his early
childhood, the dramatic moment of his spiritual awakening to
Methodism, the rewards and frustrations of missionary work, his
desperate race home to warn of a pending Sioux attack, and the
harrowing rescue of his son from drowning.
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