Henry Bird Steinhauer | |
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Born | Sowengisik 1820 |
Died | December 29, 1884 Whitefish Lake, Northwest Territory, Canada | (aged 64)
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | Upper Canada Academy |
Occupation | Clergyman |
Spouse |
Jessie Joyful (Seeseeb Mamanuwartum)
(m. 1840) |
Children | 10 |
Sowengisik (1820–1884), later Henry Bird Steinhauer, upon adoption into a German-Canadian family, was an Ojibwe translator, missionary, clergyman of the Methodist Church,[1] and by means of his assimilation into Western Canadian society, became of the first First Nations persons to achieve collegiate credentials at a Canadian institution.