Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jane Johnston Schoolcraft

19th century Ojibwe author

Date of Birth: 31-Jan-1800

Place of Birth: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States

Date of Death: 22-May-1842

Profession: writer, poet, historian, translator

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, also known as Bamewawagezhikaquay (January 31, 1800 – May 22, 1842) is the one of earliest American Indian literary writers.
She was of Ojibwa and Scots-Irish ancestry.
Her Ojibwa name can also be written as O-bah-bahm-wawa-ge-zhe-go-qua (Obabaamwewe-giizhigokwe in modern spelling), meaning "Woman of the Sound [that the stars make] Rushing Through the Sky." She lived most of her life in Sault Ste.
Marie, Michigan.