Records relating to research on George Copway

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Records relating to research on George Copway

[197-?]-2012

https://library.vicu.utoronto.ca/collections/special_collections/f80_donald_b_smith/series_4

Series consists of biographical and genealogical information on George Copway and includes timelines, images, research files on Copway's acquaintances and writings, and other records.

92.5 cm of textual records

oji, Latn

eng, Latn

Victoria University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11657852

Victoria University Library

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Copway, George, 1818-1869

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George Copway (1818 – June 27, 1869) was a Mississaugas Ojibwa writer, ethnographer, Methodist missionary, lecturer, and advocate of indigenous peoples. His Ojibwa name was Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bowh (Gaagigegaabaw in the Fiero orthography), meaning "He Who Stands Forever." In 1847 he published a memoir about his life and time as a missionary. This work made him Canada's first literary celebrity in the United States. In 1851 he published The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of The Ojibway...