Jane Johnston Schoolcraft

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title: Jane Johnston Schoolcraft
text: Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, also known as Bamewawagezhikaquay is one of the earliest Native American literary writers. She was of Ojibwe and Scots-Irish ancestry. Her Ojibwe name can also be written as O-bah-bahm-wawa-ge-zhe-go-qua, meaning 'Woman of the Sound [that the stars make] Rushing Through the Sky', from babaam- 'place to place' or bimi- 'along', wewe- 'makes a repeated sound', giizhig 'sky', and ikwe 'woman'. She lived most of her life in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
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description: 19th century American Indian literary author
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Johnston_Schoolcraft
date created: 2007-10-09T05:51:11Z
date modified: 2024-09-09T14:54:07Z
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