Title Bridging two peoples : Chief Peter E. Jones, 1843-1909 / Allan Sherwin

Published Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 244 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Indigenous studies series Indigenous studies series. Contents Chronology of Dr. Peter Edmund Jones's life -- Peter Edmund Jones's origins -- Medical education -- Country doctor -- Pride in his heritage -- Active critic of the Indian Act -- Aboriginal rights advocate -- Canada's first aboriginal publisher -- Federal Indian agent -- The later years -- Appendix : Effective herbal therapies of aboriginal women Summary "Bridging Two Peoples tells the story of Dr. Peter E. Jones, who in 1866 became one of the first status Indians to obtain a medical doctor degree from a Canadian university. He returned to his southern Ontario reserve and was elected chief and band doctor. As secretary to the Grand Indian Council of Ontario he became a bridge between peoples, conveying the chiefs' concerns to his political mentor Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald, most importantly during consultations on the Indian Act. The third son of a Mississauga-Ojibwe missionary and his English wife, Peter E. Jones overcame paralytic polio to lead his people forward. He supported the granting of voting rights to Indians and edited Canada's first Native newspaper to encourage them to vote. Appointed a Federal Indian Agent, a post usually reserved for non-Natives, Jones promoted education and introduced modern public health measures on his reserve. But there was little he could do to stem the ravages of tuberculosis that cemetery records show claimed upwards of 40 per cent of the band. The Jones family included Native and non-Native members who treated each other equally. Jones's Mississauga grandmother is now honoured for helping survey the province of Ontario. His mother published books and his wife was an early feminist. The appendix describes how Aboriginal grandmothers used herbal medicines and crafted surgical appliances from birchbark."--Amazon.com Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-225) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Jones, Peter E. (Peter Edmund), 1843-1909. SUBJECT Jones, Peter E (Peter Edmund), 1843-1909 Subject Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation -- History Indian physicians -- Ontario -- Biography Missisauga Indians -- Ontario -- Biography Missisauga Indians -- Ontario -- History Ojibwa Indians -- Ontario -- Biography Racially mixed people -- Ontario -- Biography Ojibwa Indians -- Civil rights -- Ontario -- History Indians of North America. Physicians. Medicine -- History -- 20th century History, 19th Century History, 20th Century Indians, North American Physicians physicians. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference. MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine. MEDICAL -- Atlases. MEDICAL -- Essays. MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice. MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine. MEDICAL -- Osteopathy. Medicine Physicians Indians of North America Indian physicians Missisauga Indians Ojibwa Indians Ojibwa Indians -- Civil rights Racially mixed people SUBJECT Ontario Subject Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation Ontario Genre/Form Electronic books collective biographies. Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. cn2011908671 ISBN 9781554586523 1554586526 9786613863164 6613863165 1283550717 9781283550710

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