TH&B - Emily Pauline Johnson - Tekahionwake Traditional Cache
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TH&B - Emily Pauline Johnson - Tekahionwake
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EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON (March 10, 1861-March 7, 1913) E. Pauline Johnson, known in Mohawk as Tekahionwake literally meaning "double-life", was a Canadian writer and performer popular in the late 19th century. Pauline Johnson was born in the family home, known as Chiefswood, built by her father on the Six Nations Reserve outside Brantford, Ontario. She was the youngest of four children to her parents, Emily Susanna Howells Johnson, a native of England, and her father, George Henry Martin Johnson a Mohawk Chief. She was well-known for her poems and performances that celebrated her First Nations heritage, such as her poem "The Song My Paddle Sings." Pauline Johnson's "Flint and Feather", first published in 1912, is a collection of her works which includes her first volume of poetry, "The White Wampum" (published in England in 1895), "Canadian Born" (published in 1903), and some additional poems. It has been reprinted many times, and has been one of the best-selling titles of Canadian poetry. Later in life Pauline moved to Britsh Columbia where she continued her writings. On March 7, 1913 Pauline Johnson died of breast cancer in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her funeral was held on what would have been her 52nd birthday, and her ashes were buried near Siwash Rock in Stanley Park. In 1922 a cairn was erected at the burial site, with an inscription reading in part, "in memory of one who’s life and writings were an uplift and a blessing to our nation". There is a memorial to Emily Pauline Johnson located at Her Majesty's Royal Chapel of the Mohawks in Brantford, Ontario.
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