Pauline Johnson (American Indians (Ready Reference series))
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Emily Pauline Johnson grew up in a bicultural environment, the youngest of four children of George Henry Martin Johnson, a Mohawk leader of his Six Nations Iroquois community, and Emily Howells, originally from Bristol, England. Her father was an influential leader of the Iroquois community, receiving guests from England and other countries at his home on the Six Nations reserve. Her mother encouraged her to read widely and to become interested in literature. Johnson attended the Brantford Model School and, as a teenager, sent her written verses to periodicals in...
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