ENGL 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: North-West Rebellion, Western Settlement
16 Oct 2016
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Pauline johnson (1861-1913: one of the earliest well-known female poets, controversial figure, has a duality, has an indigenous background, father was a mohawk chief: a translator for the colonial government. Has a voice in the government: mother was an upper class british woman, lived on a reserve, but in a mansion. Spent her life life between the two cultures: she deemed mohawks as her own people, though contradictory in her writing. Johnson had a privilege to appeal to the white audience: go to salons and perform her poems, performs in two forms: first in victorian dress then in indigenous dress. The indigenous dress actually had no basis in mohawk culture. **she represented herself exactly like how a white audience would expect to see an indigenous person (stereotypes: establishes a connection by coming on stage first as a victorian. Allowed her audience to experience nativeness from a safe place.
