Allan Sherwin

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Bridging Two Peoples: Chief Peter E. Jones, 1843a 1909Paperback, 1 June 2012

Bridging Two Peoples: Chief Peter E. Jones, 1843a 1909
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Part of Series
Indigenous Studies
Print Length
270 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Date Published
1 Jun 2012
ISBN-10
155458633X
ISBN-13
9781554586332

Description

Bridging Two Peoples tells the story of Dr. Peter E. Jones, who in 1866 became one of the first status Indians to obtain a medical doctor degree from a Canadian university. He returned to his southern Ontario reserve and was elected chief and band doctor. As secretary to the Grand Indian Council of Ontario he became a bridge between peoples, conveying the chiefs' concerns to his political mentor Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald, most importantly during consultations on the Indian Act.

The third son of a Mississauga-Ojibwe missionary and his English wife, Peter E. Jones overcame paralytic polio to lead his people forward. He supported the granting of voting rights to Indians and edited Canada's first Native newspaper to encourage them to vote. Appointed a Federal Indian Agent, a post usually reserved for non-Natives, Jones promoted education and introduced modern public health measures on his reserve. But there was little he could do to stem the ravages of tuberculosis that cemetery records show claimed upwards of 40 per cent of the band.

The Jones family included Native and non-Native members who treated each other equally. Jones's Mississauga grandmother is now honoured for helping survey the province of Ontario. His mother published books and his wife was an early feminist. The appendix describes how Aboriginal grandmothers used herbal medicines and crafted surgical appliances from birchbark.

Product Details

Author:
Allan Sherwin
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
CA
Date Published:
1 June 2012
Dimensions:
22.61 x 14.99 x 1.78 cm
Genre:
Canadian
ISBN-10:
155458633X
ISBN-13:
9781554586332
Language:
English
Location:
Waterloo, ON
Pages:
270
Weight:
408.23 gm

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