1913 - The Poet Emily Pauline Johnson Dies

On March 7, 1913 Emily Pauline Johnson (known in Mohawk as Tekahionwake) died at age 52. 

Emily Pauline Johnson's monument in Stanley Park, Vancouver

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She was a remarkable and very popular writer, poet and performer who was successfully published in Canada, the United States and Great Britain. 

Emily Pauline Johnson as a child
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Emily Pauline Johnson
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Her father was of mixed Mohawk heritage while her mother was an English immigrant. Pauline Johnson's writing about her Aboriginal heritage helped shape early Canadian literature. During the late 1800's and early 1900's, Johnson was the lone female (and Aboriginal) voice in Canadian literature.

One of Pauline Johnson's famous books

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In 2002 author Charlotte Gray wrote a very comprehensive biography of Johsnon's work (Flint and Feather: The Life and Times of E. Pauline Johnson Tekahionwake - see link).



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The 1961 Canada Post postage stamp, issued in 1961 on the 100th  anniversary of Pauline Johnson's birth.
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