E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake)

Tehahionwake was born in 1861 on the Six Nations reserve in Ontario.  She was the daughter of a Mohawk chief and a white woman.  She was a famous poet and "is widely regarded as the earliest Canadian native writer to explore native topics in fiction and poetry" (Childerhose)

• Childerhose, B. (1998).From Lilith to Lilith Fair.  Vancouver: Madrigal Press. 
• The Pauline Johnson Archive, McMaster University
• Voices From the Gaps

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