# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-tanner
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:03:35.832Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-tanner"
name: "John Tanner"
slug: "john-tanner"
description: "John Tanner, known also by his Ojibwe name Shaw-shaw-wa-ne-ba-se, was captured by Odawa as a child after his family had homesteaded on the Ohio River in present-day Kentucky. He grew up among the Odawa and Ojibwe nations, becoming fully acculturated and learning the Saulteaux language. He married an Ojibwe woman, served as a guide for European fur traders, and worked as an interpreter. His story of life with the Ojibwe was published in 1830. Titled A Narrative of the Captivity and Adventures of John Tanner, it was a popular success and remains an important historical record."
tagline: "American fur trader, interpreter and author; captured age 9 by two Ojibwa men, and adopted by Net-no-kwa, a female chief of the Ottawas"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Tanner_narrative.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1780"
deathDate: "1846"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.81
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.226028
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Теннер, Джон (мемуарист)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B1_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8)"
    title: "جون تانر (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B1_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "جون تانر (كاتب من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tanner"
    title: "John Tanner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tanner_(Abenteurer)"
    title: "John Tanner (Abenteurer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tanner_(captive)"
    title: "John Tanner (captive)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tanner"
    title: "John Tanner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジョン・タナー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3809643"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump