Sacred Feathers - Softcover
An articulate and deeply committed leader of the Ojibwa people, Peter Jones (1802-1856) played a key role in the Mississauga's adjustment to European culture and their survival as a cohesive group. This biography draws on Jones's letters, diaries, sermons, and his history of the Ojibwas, as well as on the diaries and letters of his English wife.
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About the Author:
Donald B. Smithis a professor emeritus of history at the University of Calgary.
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‘This biography achieves something remarkable. Peter Jones emerges from its pages alive. We don’t merely understand him by the book’s end: we know him.’
(M.T. Kelly Saturday Night)
‘Outstanding...The Reverend Peter Jones emerges as a major figure in Canadian Indian history, worthy company for Tecumseh and Joseph Brandt.’
(Donald C. MacDonald Toronto Star)
‘Donald Smith’s comprehensive and interesting biography...is essential reading for those wishing to keep in touch with contemporary developments, for on almost every page it sends echoes down into our own times.’
(Boyce Richardson The Beaver)
(M.T. Kelly Saturday Night)
‘Outstanding...The Reverend Peter Jones emerges as a major figure in Canadian Indian history, worthy company for Tecumseh and Joseph Brandt.’
(Donald C. MacDonald Toronto Star)
‘Donald Smith’s comprehensive and interesting biography...is essential reading for those wishing to keep in touch with contemporary developments, for on almost every page it sends echoes down into our own times.’
(Boyce Richardson The Beaver)
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- PublisherUniv of Toronto Pr
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0802067328
- ISBN 13 9780802067326
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
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Sacred Feathers; The Reverend Peter Jones (Kahkewaquonaby) and the Mississauga Indians
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Fine. B/W Plates (illustrator). SUBTITLED : ` The Reverend Peter Jones (Kahkewaquonaby) and the Mississauga Indians'. A b/w map on page 236 of this 372 page (INDEX at the back) volume shows the Canadian Indian Mission Stations around the Great Lakes region. The time : circa 1835. LEARN more about : L'Arbre Croche, Blackrobes, worshippers, atoning blood, French regime, Penetanguishene, Polly Jones, Genesee Conference, Handsome Lake, Alvin Torry, Munceytown, Wuhyahsakung, and Credit Mission. B/W images throughout assist text. Cond : Light blue paper wrapper with black lettering. Portrait on cover of Peter Jones painted in 1832. Volume is bright, tight, square and clean. No names, marks, creases, nor tears. Giftable ! ! QUote (p. 90) : " ._._. Chief Kanootong of the Bear River band explained to Peter that the Indians must honor their own religion. If the Creator had wished the Indians to worship like the whites, He would have made them white. Instead, He presented to ._._._. .' Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 014216
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