{"items": [ { "schemaType": "TEI", "startDate": "1911", "latLng": ["49.30879,-123.15607"], "location": ["Siwash Rock, British Columbia, Canada"], "countryName": ["Canada"], "eventType": "biographical", "label": "Pauline at Siwash Rock", "description": "

Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Uxwumixw<\/p>

Amongst all the wonders, the natural beauties that encircle Vancouver, the marvels of mountains, shaped into crouching lions and brooding beavers, the yawning canyons, the stupendous forest firs and cedars, Siwash Rock stands as distinct, as individual, as if dropped from another sphere.<\/p>", "citations": "

http://robirda.com/legends/siwash.html<\/a><\/div>", "contributors": "
Michelle Nahanee<\/div>" }, { "schemaType": "TEI", "startDate": "1812", "latLng": ["49.25014,-84.49983"], "location": ["Upper Canada"], "countryName": ["Canada"], "eventType": "biographical", "label": "War of 1812-14 in Upper Canada", "description": "

Following years of strained British-American relations, US president Madison declared war on Britain (including British Canada); this began the War of 1812.The two countries had been experiencing ongoing trade disputes and other conflicts flowing from America's independence from Britain. The war was resolved by the Treaty of Ghent on 24 December 1814, but a final British defeat took place the following January at the Battle of New Orleans.<\/p>", "citations": "

Orlando web site:http://preview.tinyurl.com/onq8wjq<\/div>", "contributors": "
DHSI 2015<\/div>" }, { "schemaType": "TEI", "startDate": "1895-05-17", "latLng": ["45.4168,-75.69934"], "location": ["Ottawa, ON, Canada"], "countryName": ["Canada"], "eventType": "biographical", "label": "1895-Royal Society of Canada Performance", "description": "

Although not a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Johnson performed \"Beyond the Blue\" as an encore to \"The Song My Paddle Sings\" for the English Literature section of the society at the Ottawa Normal School. That night, she was part of a program that included Archibald Lampman, William Wilfred Campbell, Duncan Campbell Scott, and Frederick George Scott but was the only poet to receive such an overwhelmingly enthusiastic response as to elicit an encore.<\/p>", "citations": "

John Coldwell, Adams, \"E. Pauline Johnson,\" in Confederation Voices: Seven Canadian Poets, Canadian Poetry, UWO. Web, 2015-06-11. http://www.canadianpoetry.ca/confederation/John%20Coldwell%20Adams/Confederation%20Voices/chapter%208.htmAdams, John Coldwell. \"E. Pauline Johnson,\" in Confederation Voices: Seven Canadian Poets. http://www.canadianpoetry.ca/confederation/John%20Coldwell%20Adams/Confederation%20Voices/chapter%208.html<\/div>", "contributors": "
Ashley Sanders<\/div>" }, { "schemaType": "TEI", "startDate": "1907", "latLng": ["60.10867,-113.64258 "], "location": ["Canada"], "countryName": ["Canada"], "eventType": "biographical", "label": "American Chautauqua circuit", "description": "

After returning to Canada from London, she resumed her touring schedule with McRaye and included an American Chautauqua circuit for the first time. According to her biographer Betty Keller, she made in all at least seven western Canadian tours, nine to the Maritimes, four to the American Midwest, and five to the eastern seaboard of the United States.<\/p>", "citations": "

Dictionary of Canadian Biography Vol. 14 Toronto 1998<\/div>", "contributors": "
DHSI 2015<\/div>" }, { "schemaType": "TEI", "startDate": "1884-02-19", "latLng": ["43.06681,-80.11635"], "location": ["Ohsweken, Ontario"], "countryName": ["Canada"], "eventType": "biographical", "label": "George Henry Martin Johnson dies", "description": "

In the 1860s, as a chief of the Mohawk Nation, George Johnson took an active role in attempting to supress illegal harvesting of timber and trafficking in alcohol on the Six Nations Reserve. In January of 1865, he rendered unconscious for 5 days after a beating; in October of 1873, he was shot and left for dead. His injuries left him in ill health and on 19 February 1884; some biographies directly attribute his death to these earlier conflicts. After his death, E. Pauline Johnson and her remaining family moved into the town of Brantford, Ontario.<\/p>", "contributors": "

DHSI 2015<\/div>" }, { "schemaType": "TEI", "startDate": "1886-10-14", "latLng": [], "location": [], "countryName": [], "eventType": "biographical", "label": "Interview with Sara Jeannette Duncan", "description": "

In October of 1886, journalist Sara Jeannette Duncan, who published a column in The Toronto Globe entitled Woman's World (Toronto) under the penname of \"Garth Grafton,\" interviewed fellow Brantford resident E. Pauline Johnson. Although born in the same locale, in the same year, this is the only time the two are known to have met. <\/p>", "citations": "

Johnson, E. Pauline.  Interview with Sara Jeannette Duncan. \"Woman's World.\" The Globe (Toronto) 14 Oct. 1886: 6. <\/div>", "contributors": "
DHSI 2015<\/div>" } ]}