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Emily Pauline Johnson, who was also known by the Mohawk name Tekahionwake, was a Canadian poet and author born in 1861. Born to a Mohawk father and an English mother, she was known for introducing indigenous culture to a wider North American and European audience.
In Legends of Vancouver, perhaps her best-known prose work, Johnson tells stories of the Squamish people, as relayed to her by Chief Joe Capilano, whom she befriended upon moving to Vancouver in 1909. She provides her own framing for these stories, placing them in the context of her relationship with the Squamish people.
In 1911, a group of Johnson’s friends collected this series of stories, that had previously been published in the Daily Province, in order to raise funds to support her as she struggled with poverty and health issues. In the intervening years, Legends of Vancouver has become a foundational piece of Vancouver’s literary heritage.
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Indian mythology, Indians of North America, Legends, Squawmish Indians, Vancouver Island, Folklore, Squamish Indians (B.C.), Indiens, Légendes, Squamish (Indiens), British Columbia Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Legends -- British Columbia -- VancouverPlaces
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Legends of Vancouver
2013, Midtown Press
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Legends of Vancouver
1995, McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
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"These legends are printed by courtesy of the "Vancouver Daily Province," in which journal they first appeared."--p. vii.
Includes an editorial about the author that appeared in the Vancouver daily province of March 8, 1913, the day after her death.
Filmed from a copy of the original publication held by the National Library of Canada. Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions, 1995.
xvi, 165 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 21 cm.
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