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Jane Johnston was born in Sault Ste. Marie in the Upper Peninsula of what is now the state of Michigan. Her mother, Ozhaguscodaywayquay , was the daughter of Waubojeeg , a prominent Ojibwe war chief and civil leader from what is now northern Wisconsin , and his wife.
Ozhaguscodaywayquay (Ozhaawashkodewekwe: Woman of the Green Glade), also called Susan Johnston (c. 1775 – c. 1840), was an Ojibwe (also known as Ojibwa) woman and was an important figure in the Great Lakes fur trade before the War of 1812, as well as a political figure in Northern Michigan after the war.
Henry Schoolcraft, the primary author and editor of the Literary Voyager.. The Literary Voyager, also known as The Muzzeniegun (Ojibwe for ‘book', also spelled Muzzinyegun [1]) was a manuscript magazine produced by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft between December 1826 and April 1827, for a total of 16 issues.
In 1793, Johnston and his wife settled in the Sault to trade with the native residents there. [6] The couple had four sons and four daughters, including Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, who married notable author, explorer, and Native American culture expert Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. John Johnston was Justice of the Peace in Sault Ste Marie for many years.
From his wife Jane Johnston, Schoolcraft learned the Ojibwe language, as well as much of the lore of the tribe and its culture. Schoolcraft created The Muzzeniegun, or Literary Voyager, a family magazine which he and Jane produced in the winter of 1826–1827 and circulated among friends ("muzzeniegun" coming from Ojibwe mazina'igan meaning ...
Jane Johnston was the daughter of a wealthy Scots-Irish fur trader and his Ojibwe wife, who was daughter of an Ojibwe chief. Johnston Schoolcraft was born in 1800 and lived most of her life in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, where she grew up in both cultures and learned French, English and Ojibwe. She wrote in English and Ojibwe.
From left: Catherine Bell as Regina Johnston, Eva Tavares as Ivy, Simon Farrell as Hector and James Denton as Nelson King in 'Christmas on Cherry Lane,' 2023 ... (Jane Seymour). Putting the couple ...
Lawrence Plamondon, Grand Traverse Odawa/Ojibwe activist and storyteller. He helped found the White Panther Party. He was the first hippie to be listed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Plamondon's father was half-Odawa and his mother was part-Ojibwe. D'Arcy McNickle, Salish Kootenai author, activist, and anthropologist