Peter Jones (missionary)
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Peter Jones was an Ojibwe author, Methodist minister, translator, and chief from Burlington Heights, Upper Canada. His Ojibwa name was Kahkewāquonāby, which means " Waving Feathers". In Mohawk, he was
Medal awarded to Peter Jones by King William IV, which it was customary to receive for Indian chiefs in Upper Canada
This photograph of Jones was taken August 4, 1845, in Edinburgh, Scotland, by Hill & Adamson. Photographs taken of Jones that day are the oldest surviving photographs of a North American Indian.
Ojibwe
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The Ojibwe are an Anishinaabe people whose homeland covers much of the Great Lakes region and the northern plains, extending into the subarctic and throughout the northeastern woodlands. The Ojibwe, b
Peter Jones (missionary)
…Peter Jones (January 1, 1802 – June 29, 1856) was an Ojibwe author, Methodist minister, translator, and chief from Burlington Heights, Upper Canada. His Ojibwa name was Kahkewāquonāby (Gakiiwegwanebi in the Fiero…
Ojibwe fishermen in the St. Marys Rapids, 1901
Manoomin picking, 1905, Minnesota
Ojibwa women in a canoe at Leech Lake, Minnesota, in 1909
Maungwudaus, his wife, and three of his troupe of Ojibwa performers.