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E. Pauline Johnson, the daughter of a Mohawk Chief and an English woman, was born in Canada in 1861. Moccasin Maker opens with the life story of the author's mother, Lydia. The stories that follow concern what it means to be Indian in a country conquered by the British. "The Tenas Klootchman" (girl-baby in Chinook) is the touching, true story of Maarda, an Indian woman whose beautifully woven baby basket sits empty after her infant dies, and a sick white widow-woman whom Maarda finds carrying a strong, healthy infant girl "rolled in a shawl." While Maarda cares for the woman and child, the empty basket haunts her: "she seemed to see a wee flower face looking up at her like the blossom of a russet-brown pansy." In addition to lovely prose and elegant plot twists, this collection is particularly stunning for the honor and respect it pays to the birth cultures of the author. -- For great reviews of books for girls, check out Let's Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14. -- From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Jesse Larsen
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BORN IN 1861 on the Six Nations Reserve in the Grand River valley near Brantford, Ontario, Emily Pauline Johnson was the daughter of George Henry Martin Johnson, a Mohawk chief, and Emily Susanna Howells, an English-born cousin of the American writer William Dean Howells. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
George Mansion, Father Paul, Tom Barrett, Tenas Klootchman, Indian Reserve, Hudson's Bay, Great Spirit, Sergeant Black, Lydia Bestman, Corporal Black, Grand Mansion, The Klootchman, August Beaver, Billy Norris, Captain Logan, Crow's Nest Mountain, Crow's Nest Pass, Falls of Lillooet, Kootenay Lake, The Nest Builder New!
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BORN IN 1861 on the Six Nations Reserve in the Grand River valley near Brantford, Ontario, Emily Pauline Johnson was the daughter of George Henry Martin Johnson, a Mohawk chief, and Emily Susanna Howells, an English-born cousin of the American writer William Dean Howells. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
George Mansion, Father Paul, Tom Barrett, Tenas Klootchman, Indian Reserve, Hudson's Bay, Great Spirit, Sergeant Black, Lydia Bestman, Corporal Black, Grand Mansion, The Klootchman, August Beaver, Billy Norris, Captain Logan, Crow's Nest Mountain, Crow's Nest Pass, Falls of Lillooet, Kootenay Lake, The Nest Builder New!
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- Flint and Feather by E. Pauline Johnson on 5 pages
- Flint and Feather: The Complete Poems of E. Pauline Johnson by Emily Pauline Johnson on 5 pages
- Pauline: A Biography of Pauline Johnson (Goodread Biographies) by Betty Keller in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Legends of Vancouver by E. Pauline Johnson in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Years of My Youth by William Dean Howells in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Pauline: A Biography of Pauline Johnson (Goodread Biographies) by Betty Keller on 6 pages
- Made From This Earth: American Women and Nature (Gender and American Culture) by Vera Norwood on 5 pages
- Spider Woman's Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women by Paula Gunn Allen on 5 pages
- Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers: A Critical Reader (Blackwell Critical Reader) by Karen L. Kilcup on page 96, page 97, and page 109
- 500 Great Books by Women: A Reader's Guide by Erica Bauermeister on page 36, and page 50
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