Keith Jamieson, Michelle A. Hamilton

Dr. Oronhyatekha (eBook, ePUB)

Security, Justice, and Equality

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

2016 Ontario Historical Society Joseph Brant Award - Winner . 2017 Speaker's Book Award - Shortlisted
A man of two cultures in an era where his only choices were to be a trailblazer or get left by the wayside

Dr. Oronhyatekha ("Burning Sky"), born in the Mohawk nation on the Six Nations of the Grand River territory in 1841, led an extraordinary life, rising to prominence in medicine, sports, politics, fraternalism, and business. He was one of the first Indigenous physicians in Canada, the first to attend Oxford University, a Grand River representative to the Prince of Wales during the 1860 royal tour, a Wimbledon rifle champion, the chairman of the Grand General Indian Council of Ontario, and Grand Templar of the International Order of Good Templars. He counted among his friends some of the most powerful people of the day, including John A. Macdonald and Theodore Roosevelt. He successfully challenged the racial criteria of the Independent Order of Foresters to become its first non-white member and ultimately its supreme chief ranger.

At a time when First Nations peoples struggled under assimilative government policy and society's racial assumptions, his achievements were remarkable.

Oronhyatekha was raised among a people who espoused security, justice, and equality as their creed. He was also raised in a Victorian society guided by God, honour, and duty. He successfully interwove these messages throughout his life, and lived as a man of significant accomplishments in both worlds.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dundurn Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781459706651
• Artikelnr.: 45221559

Autorenporträt

Keith Jamieson, a Mohawk of the Six Nations of the Grand River, has worked extensively as an ethno-historian, a curator of museum exhibits, and an adjunct professor and guest lecturer internationally. He has written extensively, including exhibit catalogues and commentaries for news media. He lives in Ohsweken, Ontario.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
A Note on Terminology
Abbreviations
Family Tree
Map of Upper Canada/Ontario
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: Ambitions
Chapter 2: The Royal Visit
Chapter 3: Oronhyatekha, M.D.
Chapter 4: A Search for Influence
Chapter 5: Security, Just, and Equality
Chapter 6: Monuments
Chapter 7: The Royal Commission on Life Insurance
Epilogue: Legacy and Memory
Notes
Bibliography
Image Credits
Index