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Contributing Project(s)

  • ceww
 

Identity

Preferred Name(s)

  • Johnson (Family Name)
  • Emily Pauline (Tekahionwake) (Given Names)

Variant Name(s)

  • E. Pauline Johnson (Full Name (direct order))
    Variant Type
    Used Form
  • Tekahionwake (Full Name (inverse order))
    Variant Type
    Self Constructed

Description

Date(s) of Existence

  • Birth: 1861
  • Death: 1913

Factuality

Real

Descriptive Notes

  • Emily Pauline Johnson, who adopted the Mohawk name Tekahionwake, was a Canadian author and performer whose work explored the complexities of a hybrid female identity and engages forcefully with indigenous politics.

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