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Musical setting of poem by Jane Johnston Schoolcraft. University of Michigan. Archived 2021-04-24 at the Wayback Machine; Dave Stanaway and Susan Askwith. CD: John Johnston: His Life and Times in the Fur Trade Era. Borderland Records. Included is the song "Sweet Willy, My Boy", with lyrics taken from a poem written by Jane Johnston Schoolcraft.
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft has been recognized as the first Native American woman poet. Although the south side of the river became United States territory in 1797 after treaty settlements following the end of the American Revolutionary War, Johnston never became a US citizen. At the time, the border was a fluid area.
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.
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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 ...