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George Henry Martin Johnson (Onwanonsyshon) (October 7, 1816 – February 19, 1884) was a member of the Wolf clan and selected as a hereditary chief of the Mohawk of the Six Nations in Canada; he also served as an official interpreter and informal diplomat between the Mohawk and Canadian governments.
JOHNSON, GEORGE HENRY MARTIN (Onwanonsyshon), Six Nations chief and interpreter; b. 7 Oct. 1816 at Bow Park, near Brantford, Upper Canada, eldest son of John “Smoke” Johnson and Helen Martin; d. 19 Feb. 1884 at Chiefswood, near Brantford, Ont.
George Henry Martin Johnson was born October 1816 at Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. He attended residential school at the Mohawk Institute in Brantford, Ontario. George became a Chief on the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Council, succeeding his uncle Henry Martin as Chief.
24 giu 2020 · Chiefs from the Six Nations reading wampum belts in Brantford, Ont., in September 1871. Joseph Snow, George Henry Martin Johnson, John Buch, John Smoke Johnson, Isaac Hill, John Seneca...
Chiefswood National Historic Site is the birthplace and childhood home of renowned Mohawk and English poetess E. Pauline Johnson. It was constructed between 1853 and 1856, at Six Nations, as a wedding gift from her father, Chief George Henry Martin Johnson, to her mother, Emily Susanna Howells.
CHIEF GEORGE H. M. JOHNSON. reasoning and the influence of religion. By nature he was one of the most reasonable and tolerant of men. In later life he counted among his most valued friends many whose opinions on political and religious questions differed very widely from his own.
His son George Henry Martin Johnson was selected as a hereditary Mohawk chief of his mother's Wolf clan in the matrilineal society. Fluent in English and Mohawk, he became a leader on the Six Nations reserve and an interpreter for the Canadian government.
