Awards

• Short-listed for Speaker's Book Award 2017 (Canada)
• Winner of Ontario Historical Society Joseph Brant Award 2016 (Canada)

Overview

"Dr Oronhyatekha (""Burning Cloud"") was born into Mohawk royalty on the six nations reserve in Canada in 1841. This incredible man became Chief of the Mohawks and, as Peter Martin, a successful Oxford educated, medical doctor and an entrepreneur in Victorian Canada. He was friends with the most powerful people of the day, including John A Macdonald and Teddy Roosevelt. Oronhyatekha was raised with a people who espoused peace, power, and righteousness as their tradition and creed. He was also raised in a Victorian society that believed God, honour, and duty was their guide. He successfully merged and wove these messages throughout his life and lived as man of significant accomplishment in both worlds."

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This biography is about one of the most interesting men in Canadian history about whom little is known, and it thus fills an important gap. * Canada's History * With their detailed biography of this giant of Canadian history, Jamieson and Hamilton have done an enormous favour both for aboriginals and non-aboriginals living on this piece of geography currently known as Canada. * Tworowtimes * Puts forward a convincing argument that there is much for us to learn from Dr. Oronhyatekha's life. Though there is little doubt that he lived an exceptional life, Jamieson and Hamilton's interpretation instills a vision of late nineteenth-century Ontario few other books can convey. This was a place where Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe individuals continued to wield influence, and maintained an important presence. * The Canadian Journal of Native Studies *

With their detailed biography of this giant of Canadian history, Jamieson and Hamilton have done an enormous favour both for aboriginals and non-aboriginals living on this piece of geography currently known as Canada. * Tworowtimes *

With their detailed biography of this giant of Canadian history, Jamieson and Hamilton have done an enormous favour both for aboriginals and non-aboriginals living on this piece of geography currently known as Canada. - Tworowtimes

Author Information

Keith Jamieson, a Mohawk of the Six Nations of the Grand River, has worked extensively as an ethno-historian, a curator of museum exhibits, and an adjunct professor and guest lecturer internationally. He has written extensively, including exhibit catalogues and commentaries for news media. He lives in Ohsweken, Ontario. Michelle A. Hamilton is director of public history at the University of Western Ontario and the award-winning author of Collections and Objections: Aboriginal Material Culture in Southern Ontario. Hamilton is a specialist in nineteenth-century Canada, including indigenous history and colonial relations. She lives in London, Ontario.

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