Jane Johnston Schoolcraft
Writer, Author
1800 – 1842
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Who was Jane Johnston Schoolcraft?
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, also known as Bamewawagezhikaquay is the first known American Indian literary writer. She was of Ojibwa and Scots-Irish ancestry. Her Ojibwa name can also be written as O-bah-bahm-wawa-ge-zhe-go-qua, meaning "Woman of the Sound [that the stars make] Rushing Through the Sky." She lived most of her life in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
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- Born
- Jan 31, 1800
Sault Ste. Marie - Parents
- Spouses
- Henry Schoolcraft
(1823 - )
- Henry Schoolcraft
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- May 22, 1842
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on July 23, 2013
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