Basil Johnston (1929–2015)
Auteur de Ojibway Heritage
A propos de l'auteur
Basil H. Johnston was born on the Parry Island Indian Reserves in Ontario, Canada on July 13, 1929. He was a member of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation in Ontario. He graduated from Loyola College, Montreal, Quebec in 1954. He was an author, storyteller and preserver of the Anishnaabe language. afficher plus He was the author of 25 books and often wrote about Anishinaabe history. Five of his books were written in Anishinabemowin, the language of the Anishinaabe. He also worked at the Royal Ontario Museum in the Department of Ethnology for over two decades. He received several awards during his lifetime including the Order of Ontario and the 2004 National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Heritage and Spirituality. He died on September 8, 2015 at the age of 86. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Basil Johnston
Oeuvres associées
All My Relations: An Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Native Prose (1990) — Contributeur — 61 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1929-07-13
- Date de décès
- 2015-09-08
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Canada
- Lieu de naissance
- Parry Island Indian Reserves, Ontario, Canada
Wasauksing First Nation, Ontario, Canada - Lieu du décès
- Wiarton, Ontario, Canada
- Lieux de résidence
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada
Cape Croker Reserve, Canada - Études
- Loyola College, Montreal, Quebec, (cum laude|1954)
- Organisations
- Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Earl Haig Secondary School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Prix et distinctions
- Order of Ontario, an honorary doctorate from the University of Toronto
Ontario Arts Council Aboriginal Arts Award
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Critiques
The Manitous: The Spiritual World of the Ojibway… par Basil Johnston
Johnston tells these stories in somewhat stiffened academic form, but the material is fantastic. His respect is likely a good thing, but when you read the stories, limber them up in your mind a little. This tradition has an incredible genius for stories. There are none better, more emotionally and formally complex, more witty, more willing to turn you inside out and upside down.
A book about a man's life in a Indian residential school. A tough life for students and staff during the forties and fifties. While nowadays the Indians were unquestionably the innocents. You won't find victim Indians in this book. It was very much a give and take. Sheds some fascinating light on this era and topic.
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- Œuvres
- 28
- Aussi par
- 7
- Membres
- 757
- Popularité
- #33,606
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 50
- Langues
- 2
- Favoris
- 2