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Bridging Two Peoples: Indigenous Studies

Autor Allan L. Sherwin
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2012
This book 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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781554586332
ISBN-10: 155458633X
Pagini: 270
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps, figures
Dimensiuni: 228 x 162 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Seria Indigenous Studies


Cuprins

Table of Contents for
Bridging Two Peoples: Chief Peter E. Jones, 1843-1909, by Allan Sherwin

List of Maps, Tables and Illustrations

Foreword | Donald B. Smith

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chronology of Dr. Peter Edmund Jones's Life


1. Peter Edmund Jones's Origins

2. Medical Education

3. Country Doctor

4. Pride in His Heritage

5. Active Critic of the Indian Act

6. Aboriginal Rights Advocate

7. Canada's First Aboriginal Publisher

8. Federal Indian Agent

9. The Later Years


Appendix: Effective Herbal Therapies of Aboriginal Women

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index


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