Bridging Two Peoples Chief Peter E. Jones, 1843–1909 Preschool-Kindergarten Drew Hayden Taylor

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Bridging Two Peoples Chief Peter E. Jones, 1843–1909 Preschool-Kindergarten Drew Hayden TaylorBridging Two Peoples tells the story of Dr. Peter E. Jones, who in 1866 became one of the first status Indians to obtain a medical doctor degree from a Canadian university. He returned to his southern Ontario reserve and was elected chief and band doctor. As secretary to the Grand Indian Council of Ontario he became a bridge between peoples, conveying the chiefs concerns to his political mentor Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald, most importantly