Basil Johnston

Basil Johnston , O.Ont (* 13. July 1929 in the Indian reserve Parry Iceland , Ontario , † 8. September 2015 in Wiarton , Ontario) was a Canadian anthropologist and author . He was a member of the Wasauksing First Nation , which belongs to the Anishinabe .

Life

Johnston first attended Cape Croker Indian Reserve school (elementary school) and then St. Peter Claver's Indian Residential school in Spanish (later Garnier Residential school ). In 1954 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Loyola College in Montreal .

From 1955 to 1961 he served on the Toronto Board of Trade . In 1962 he received the Secondary School Teaching Certificate from the Ontario Teaching College and until 1969 taught history at the Earl Haig Secondary School in New York . He then worked for 25 years in the ethnological department of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Basil Johnston studied the cultural heritage of the Anishinabe (also known as Ojibwa) and published several books on the subject.

Works

• Great white hawk. The circle of life of an Ojibwa
• Ojibway Heritage (Basil Johnson Titles) (with David Beyer)
• Indian School Days
• Tales of the Anishinaubaek
• Ojibway Ceremonies

See also

• First Nations history
• Residential Schools (Canada)

Web links

• Literature by and about Basil Johnston in the catalog of the German National Library
• Internet Public Library; Native American Authors Project; Basil H. Johnston
• Info about the author at Hanksville.org
• Ojibwa Crafts and Art Gallery
• Chippewa Culture and History Links

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Denis Langlois: Esteemed Anishinaabe author Basil Johnston dies. ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Wiarton Echo , September 10, 2015 (English). Retrieved September 11, 2015.