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'''George Copway''' (1818?-1869) was a Mississauga ] writer, lecturer, and advocate of ]. His Ojibwa name was ''Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bow'' or "Standing Firm" or "He who stands firm". '''George Copway''' (1818-1869) was a Mississauga ] writer, lecturer, and advocate of ]. His Ojibwa name was ''Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bow'' or "Standing Firm" or "He who stands firm".


⚫ Copway was born near ], ], into a traditional Ojibwa family who later converted to ]. After conversion, he attended the local mission school and eventually became a ] for the Methodist church.
He is best known for writing the books titled:
⚫ *''Life, History and Travels of'' Kah-ge-ga-gah-Bowh (1847),
⚫ *''Organization of a New Indian Territory, East of the Missouri River'' (1850),
⚫ *''Life, Letters, and Speeches of'' Kah-ge-ga-gah-Bowh, or ''G. Copway, a chief of the Ojibwa Nation''(1850),
⚫ *''Ojibwa Conquest'' (1850), and
⚫ *''Indian Life and Indian History'' (1860).


⚫ In 1840, he met ] ] whose family were farmers in the ] area. They married and moved to ] to serve as missionaries. The couple later returned to ] where Copway served as a missionary for the ] and Rice Lake Bands of the Ojibwa. In 1846, he was accused and convicted of ] and was ] by the Methodists.
⚫ In 1851, he started his own newspaper in ] titled ''Copway's American Indian'' which ran for approximately three months.


He then left Canada for ] and wrote ''The Life, History and Travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-Bowh'' (1847), the first published book by a First Nations person.
⚫ He began his life near ] on the north shore of ] and converted to ] with his entire family. Previous to the conversion, he had been raised in a traditional Ojibwa family. After conversion, he attended the local mission school and eventually became a ] for the Methodist church.


⚫ In 1851, he started his own weekly newspaper in New York City titled ''Copway's American Indian'' which ran for approximately three months.
⚫ In 1840, he met ] ] whose family were farmers in the ] area. They married and moved to Minnesota to serve as missionaries. They later returned to ] where he served as a missionary for the ] and Rice Lake Bands of the Ojibwa. In 1846, he was accused and convicted of ] and was ] by the Methodists.


He died in ], ].
He then left Canada for New York, and published his first book in 1847.

==Selected bibliography==

⚫ *''The Life, History and Travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-Bowh'' (1847)
⚫ *''Organization of a New Indian Territory, East of the Missouri River'' (1850)
*''The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of the Ojibway Nation'' (1850)
⚫ *''The Life, Letters, and Speeches of Kah-ge-ga-gah-Bowh, or G. Copway, a chief of the Ojibwa Nation'' (1850)
⚫ *''Ojibwa Conquest'' (1850)
*''Running Sketches of Men and Places, in England, France, Germany, Belgium, and Scotland (1851)
⚫ *''Indian Life and Indian History'' (1860)




Revision as of 19:14, 3 July 2006

George Copway (1818-1869) was a Mississauga Ojibwa writer, lecturer, and advocate of Native Americans. His Ojibwa name was Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bow or "Standing Firm" or "He who stands firm".

Copway was born near Trenton, Ontario, into a traditional Ojibwa family who later converted to Methodism. After conversion, he attended the local mission school and eventually became a missionary for the Methodist church.

In 1840, he met English woman Elizabeth Howell whose family were farmers in the Toronto area. They married and moved to Minnesota to serve as missionaries. The couple later returned to Canada where Copway served as a missionary for the Saugeen and Rice Lake Bands of the Ojibwa. In 1846, he was accused and convicted of embezzlement and was defrocked by the Methodists.

He then left Canada for New York City and wrote The Life, History and Travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-Bowh (1847), the first published book by a First Nations person.

In 1851, he started his own weekly newspaper in New York City titled Copway's American Indian which ran for approximately three months.

He died in Oka, Quebec.

Selected bibliography

  • The Life, History and Travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-Bowh (1847)
  • Organization of a New Indian Territory, East of the Missouri River (1850)
  • The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of the Ojibway Nation (1850)
  • The Life, Letters, and Speeches of Kah-ge-ga-gah-Bowh, or G. Copway, a chief of the Ojibwa Nation (1850)
  • Ojibwa Conquest (1850)
  • Running Sketches of Men and Places, in England, France, Germany, Belgium, and Scotland (1851)
  • Indian Life and Indian History (1860)


References

"George Copway" by Donald Smith Encyclopedia of North American Indians

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