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Pauline Johnson (10 March 1861 - 7 March 1913) was a Canadian writer and performer. She was born in Chiefswood, the family home built by her father on the Six Nations Indian Reserve outside of Brantford, Ontario and died in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Pauline Johnson is often remembered for her poems that celebrate her Aboriginal heritage. Her first full-length poem, “My Little Jean,” first appeared in the New York publication Gems of Poetry in 1883 and the production, printing, and performance of Johnson’s poetry increased steadily afterwards. Throughout the 1880s Johnson established herself as a Canadian writer and cultivated an audience amongst those who read her poetry in periodicals such as Globe, The Week, and Saturday Night.
Johnson died of breast cancer in Vancouver, British Columbia on 7 March 1913. Her funeral (the largest in Vancouver up to that time), was held on what would have been her 52 birthday and her ashes are buried near Siwash Rock in Vancouver’s Stanley Park. (read more...)
