Jane Johnston Schoolcraft
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Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, also known as Bamewawagezhikaquay is one of the earliest Native American literary writers. She was of Ojibwe and Scots-Irish ancestry.
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Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, also known as Bamewawagezhikaquay is one of the earliest Native American literary writers. She was of Ojibwe and Scots-Irish ancestry. Her Ojibwe name can also be written as O-bah-bahm-wawa-ge-zhe-go-qua, meaning 'Woman of the Sound [that the stars make] Rushing Through the Sky', from babaam- 'place to place, around', -wewe 'S/he(/it) makes a (repeated) sound', giizhig 'sky', and ikwe 'woman'. She lived most of her life in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
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