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University of Pennsylvania

A Celebration of Women Writers: E. Pauline Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduce yourself to Pauline Johnson, a Mohawk poet and recitalist whose best-known poem is "The Song My Paddle Sings." Also, read her poems "In the Shadows," "As Red Men Die," "The Lost Lagoon," "The Pilot of the Plains," and "The...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Pauline Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a good introduction to the life, heritage, education, and writing of Native Canadian author Pauline Johnson. Includes a list of resources for further study and links to related people and topics.
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Merna A Forster

Heroines: Pauline Johnson Performs in Winnipeg, 1897

For Students 9th - 10th
Pauline Johnson, "a reader or reciter of talent as well as a writer," performed in Winnipeg in 1897, and this is an account of that performance from the "Winnipeg Free Press." Read about Johnson's costumes, her portrayals of a "heathen...