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Canada's first indigenous physician? The story of Dr. O (1841-1907).
- Source :
- Canadian Journal of Surgery; Feb2017, Vol. 60 Issue 1, p8-10, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- <bold>Summary: </bold>As a physician, temperance advocate, chairman of the Grand General Indian Council of Ontario, the Supreme Chief Ranger of the Independent Order of Foresters, and mistakenly known as a Mohawk Chief, Dr. Oronhyatekha was a well-known, larger-than-life figure in North America and internationally. Since then, his memory has faded in mainstream society. Recently, however, he has re-emerged as a person of historical significance, designated as such by Parks Canada. Now the subject of the first full-length biography, co-authors Michelle Hamilton and Keith Jamieson, have separated out the true stories of his life from apocryphal ones. Although he was much more than a doctor, what follows is the story of how Oronhyatekha, a Mohawk boy baptized Peter Martin at the Six Nations of the Grand River, tenaciously pursued his dream of becoming a physician. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- PHYSICIANS
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0008428X
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Canadian Journal of Surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 121056295
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.009616