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George Copway

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Born Ontario
Canada
DiedOka
Quebec
Canada
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The traditional history and characteristic sketches of the Ojibway nation
The Life, History, And Travels Of Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bowh, George Copway
Life, Letters, and Speeches
Running sketches of men and places
Indian life and Indian history by an Indian author
The life, letters and speeches of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh, or, G. Copway, chief Ojibway nation
The Ojibway Conquest: A Tale of the Northwest
Recollections of a Forest Life: Or, The Life and Travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh, Or George Copway, Chief of the Objibway Nation
The Life, History, and Travels of Kah-GE-Ga-Gah-Bowh (George Copway): A Young Indian Chief of the Ojebwa Nation, a Convert to the Christian Faith, and a Missionary to His People for Twelve Years; With a Sketch of the Present State of the Ojebwa. . .
Organization of a New Indian Territory, East of the Missouri River: Arguments and Reasons Submitted to the Honorable the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the 31st Congress of the United States
Organization of a New Indian Territory, East of the Missouri River. Arguments and Reasons Submitted to . . . the Members of the Senate and House of Repr
The Life, History, and Travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh (George Copway),a Young Indian Chief of the Ojebwa Nation, a Convert to the Christian Faith, and a Missionary to His People for Twelve Years: With a Sketch of the Present State of the Ojebwa Nation, in Regard to Christianity and Their Future Prospects. Also an Appeal; with All the Names of the Chiefs Now Living, who Have Been Christianized, and the Missionaries Now Laboring Among Them
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George Copway was a Mississaugas Ojibwa writer, ethnographer, Methodist missionary, lecturer, and advocate of indigenous peoples. His Ojibwa name was Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bowh, meaning "He Who Stands Forever". In 1847 he published a memoir about his life and time as a missionary.

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