E. Pauline Johnson, Canadian poet, writer and performer, was born on the Mohawk Indian Reserve near Brantford, Ontario. Daughter of a Mohawk chief and an English gentlewoman, Pauline took to the stage telling in prose and poetry the story of her people.
When women seldom travelled, Pauline travelled coast to coast nineteen times and crossed the Atlantic three times performing in her buckskin "Indian" outfit and bear claw necklace or one of her elegant silk evening gowns.*
In response to The Neat Little Bookshop post, MARSHLANDS, May 19, Laurie Miller wrote, "The old girl's a far better poet than she's usually assumed to be.
Get over our wise snootiness about the 19th-century diction: our conventions will sound quaint to our great-grandchildren and hers may be regarded as "classic". Thanks for posting the poem."
Thank you Laurie, we agree. We welcome and appreciate your comments. Please email lwalker@mountaincable.net
*Flint & Feather, The Life and Times of E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake, Charlotte Gray, HarperCollins, 2002
When women seldom travelled, Pauline travelled coast to coast nineteen times and crossed the Atlantic three times performing in her buckskin "Indian" outfit and bear claw necklace or one of her elegant silk evening gowns.*
In response to The Neat Little Bookshop post, MARSHLANDS, May 19, Laurie Miller wrote, "The old girl's a far better poet than she's usually assumed to be.
Get over our wise snootiness about the 19th-century diction: our conventions will sound quaint to our great-grandchildren and hers may be regarded as "classic". Thanks for posting the poem."
Thank you Laurie, we agree. We welcome and appreciate your comments. Please email lwalker@mountaincable.net
*Flint & Feather, The Life and Times of E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake, Charlotte Gray, HarperCollins, 2002
