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'Sacred Feathers is a meticulously researched story, written in a popular yet scholarly style, about love and the struggle for survival ... A welcome contribution to the growing body of literature concerning the Aboriginal people of Canada.' -- Dean M. Jacobs, Director, Walpole Island Research Centre

Table of Contents

List of Maps and Illustrations
Introduction to the Second Edition
Preface
1 An Indian Boyhood
2 The Mississauga Indians
3 Sacred Feathers Becomes Peter Jones
4 Born Again
5 The Mississaugas’ Cultural Revolution
6 "Go Ye into All the World"
7 Opposition
8 Fund-Raising
9 Eliza
10 "All Out of Tune"
11 Land and Education
12 From Edinburgh to Echo Villa
13 The Final Years
14 Peter Jones’s Legacy
Appendix 1: Peter Jones on the Ojibwas’ and Europeans’ "Creeds and Practice"
Appendix 2: Eliza Field Jones on the Character of Her Late Husband
Appendix 3: Mississauga Place-Names
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Donald B. Smith is a professor emeritus of History at the University of Calgary.

Reviews

‘Outstanding … The Reverend Peter Jones emerges as a major figure in Canadian Indian history, worthy company for Tecumseh and Joseph Brant.’
*Toronto Star*

‘Donald B. Smith must be commended for his thorough research, his sensitivity and understanding of his subject, and his very fine presentation of the life and work of this important Indian leader.’
*Journal of American History*

‘Donald Smith’s comprehensive and interesting biography … is essential reading for those wishing to keep in touch with contemporary developments, for on almost every page it sends echoes down into our own times.’
*Canada's History*

‘The lasting impression of this readable, important volume is one of a stalwart and high-minded individual who worked against insuperable odds.’
*Western Historical Quarterly*

‘Sacred Feathers should be on the reading list of anyone interested in nineteenth-century Canadian history, the Ojibwa and their history, or the history of Methodist missions in North America. It is an insightful and well-documented study of a man, his people, and a time of change.’
*Ethnohistory*